Hannibal
Born in Rockford, Illinois; raised in Memphis, Tennessee; matriculated
in Tacoma, Washington and broadcasting live from Los Angeles, Hannibal
Tabu is a writer, a brother, a husband, a misanthrope, a son, an
emcee, an uncle, a poet, a father, a designer, a nephew, a romantic, a
storyteller, and by god, a fan.
He spent more than ten years doing the
journalist thing for Vibe, Slave Trade, MTV Online, Rap Pages, America
Online, the Los Angeles Sentinel, Spinnerrack.com, Speak and The
Source. Hannibal has worked as a web designer/producer and graphic
artist for American Honda, eHobbies.com, Quicken.com, Express.com, the
California Association of REALTORS, Disney Channel,
NextPlanetOver.com, Toyota Motor Sales, Kaiser Permanente, California
Bank & Trust and many more.
As a poet, Hannibal has been published in
The Drumming Between Us, (sic) Vice Verse, Drumvoices Review, Voices
From Leimert Park and other anthologies, as well as being author of
the collection BORN BENEATH AN ANGRY STAR and co-author of FLIGHT
MANUAL.
As a novelist, he’s written THE CROWN: ASCENSION (available on
Amazon.com) and the forthcoming FARAWAY from Writers of Worlds
Publishing. For six years he was the editor-in-chief of the Los
Angeles Herald-Dispatch group of newspapers, is currently the co-owner
and editor-in-chief of Black geek website Komplicated.com, and uses
his Operative Network website (www.operative.net) to publish his
poetry, market what he’s doing, rant at the world and emit strangled
cries for help.
In addition to all that, Hannibal collects comic
books, has scores of action figures, DJs private parties, is a Mac OS
zealot, sings and sometimes even hosts karaoke, practices a form of
spirituality based on ancient Egyptian belief, and goes to bed every
day, secretly hoping that half the world will commit suicide in his
honor.
























