Gregory Scott Owens, commonly known by his stage name Manchild (sometimes abbreviated as MC and previously known as Soulheir the Manchild) is an American Christian rapper who works within the

Christian hip hop Christian hip-hop (originally gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, gospel hip-hop or holy hip-hop) is a cross-genre of contemporary Christian music and hip-hop. It emerged from urban contemporary music and Christian media in the United State ...

genre. He fronts the underground and Christian hip hop group

Mars ILL Mars Ill is an emcee/ DJ hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of Gregory Owens ( Manchild) and Nathan Corrona ( DJ Dust). They are also part of the hip-hop collective and supergroup Deepspace5. Coming together in 1998, Mars Ill ...

, is part of the

Deepspace5 Deepspace5 is an underground hip hop supergroup formed in 1997 and currently composed of Beat Rabbi, Manwell?, Freddie Bruno, Listener, Mars ILL (a stand-alone duo consisting of Manchild and DJ Dust), Playdough, Sintax.the.Terrific, Sivion ...

supergroup

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, and has collaborated with the likes of Christian rappers

KJ-52 Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino (born June 26, 1975), better known by his stage name KJ-52, is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J. Mac",

and

John Reuben John Reuben (born John Reuben Zappin; January 14, 1979) is an American Christian hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010. Reuben has sold over 200,000 copies of his first four albums.Breimeier, Russ (May 2002)"John Reuben - ''Hinds ...

Name

Manchild describes the origin of the name Soulheir in "Manchild Speaks" (a spoken word interlude found on ''The Ringleader'' by

DJ Maj Michael Joseph "Mike" Allen (born October 9, 1970), professionally known as DJ Maj, is an American Christian music DJ and rapper, contributing to gospel music albums released by tobyMac, GRITS, Ill Harmonics, Carman, dc Talk, and the Newsboy ...

): "I used to know this cat named Soulheir / But I offed him, now I use his name often / Manchild is the cat that you wanna be quotin'."

Website

In February 2008, Manchild announced on Mars ILL's forum that he was starting up Manchildinsider.com, originally a subscription only site that featured five new songs for $5 every month, with an option to pay for the entire year for $50. In September, the blog was made public, with only the songs themselves sent privately to members who've signed up for the songs. "After starting up and running an independent label and all it entails, and after essentially being signed to a major MIthrough Gotee, I knew it was time for a different chapter of releasing new music," Manchild told PerformerMag about why he decided to sell his music this way. In 2009, Manchild and

Sean P YoungBloodZ is an American Southern hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia composed of J-Bo and Sean Paul (later stylized as Sean P) formed in 1997. The duo were discovered by Kawan Prather and signed with his company Ghet-O-Vision, an imprint of ...

released a collaborative album, ''Move Merchants'', a name they also adopted for themselves, that includes some tracks that are explicitly Catholic hip hop.

Guest appearances

Deepspace5 contributions

The Future Ain't What It Used To Be * From The Outside (4:28) * Spit Shine (4:16) * Lord Willing (5:01) * Black Magic (4:00) * Ohgeez (4:34) * Punch Drunk (4:38) * Killing With Kindness (3:41) * Beat The Rap (5:17) * Natural Selection (4:32) * All You Can Eat (4:13) * Geronimo (4:44) * Body Double (3:20) * And It Was Good (7:00) * Where Amazing Happens (5:45) Deepspace5oul (DeepspaceSoul) *Deepspace 5oul *Lip Service remix *The Founder *Double Dog Dare You *Downtown Connects Unique Just Like Everyone Else * Talk Music * Wingspan * Mechanical Advantage * Truth Be Told * Half Hearted * One and the Same * City Scaping * I Don't Make It * Brilliant * Start Right Here * The Last One * One for the Road * People are people - single '' The Night We Called It a Day'' * The Night We Called It a Day * Elementary * Stick This in Your Ear * Take the Rhythm * This Curse I Bear * Ziontific * World Go Round * FWords * Thinking By Numbers * If Tomorrow Starts Without Me DeepSpace5 EP * Create To Devastate * Voice of the Guns * Hall of Justice * Dwell in Possibility * If I Laugh * Universal

References

External links

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MARSILL.COM
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