Emandu Rashaan Wilcox (born December 15, 1971), better known as Imani is an American rapper of Ethiopian descent from California. He was one of the four founding members of the hip hop group The Pharcyde. He is currently working with the remaining member Bootie Brown on new projects on their indie label Chapter One. Imani started with dancing where he met Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson) and Fatlip (Derrick Stewart). Soon they started up with the hip-hop group The Pharcyde. After some years from 1989 to 2005 the group quit and he started with a solo career.