Maxwell Dixon (born March 4, 1966) is an emcee best known as Grand Puba, of the breakthrough hip hop group Brand
Nubian.He also had some mild success as a solo artist, more specifically with the singles "360 (What Goes Around)", "Check It
Out" and"I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)", with the first two breaking the US Rap Singles top 20, and the latter reaching
number 3on the Hot Dance Music charts.