Andrew Singer, also known as Soce, the elemental wizard, is an American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and producer and one of the rap scene’s openly

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

MCs Music * Motion City Soundtrack, a pop punk / rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota Science and technology * Matrix cable system, submarine communications cable connecting Indonesia and Singapore * Megawatt Charging System, electric vehicle char ...

Personal life

In addition to rapping onstage, Soce plays the

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

and

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ...

. During his performances, he typically dons a wizard’s cap. Soce is a graduate of

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

. He is

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

. Soce is the proud father to two sets of twins

Music

Videos and Flash Featurettes

Soce has four flash featurettes: Sad and Lonely, RPG Interlude, Internet Treasure Quest and The Shortest Adventure Game You'll Ever Play. Sad and Lonely was screened at film festivals in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. ...

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San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, and Soce floats has been screened in at a festival in LA. Music videos for his singles "I Am (So Gay)" and "They Call Me" (both directed by Liam Ahern) have recently begun circulating the web.

Appearances

Soce had a US tour, where he did shows in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

, Indianapolis,

Iowa City Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

Dubuque Dubuque (, ) is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. The city lies at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a r ...

, Mountain View,

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...

and

. He appeared on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communic ...

here! Here TV is an American premium television network targeting LGBT audiences. Launched in 2002, Here TV is available nationwide on all major cable systems, fiber optics systems, and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channe ...

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WNYC WNYC is the trademark and a set of call letters shared by WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM, a pair of nonprofit, noncommercial, public radio stations located in New York City. WNYC is owned by New York Public Radio (NYPR), a nonprofit organization th ...

, and

Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius ...

, (

Howard Stern Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his radio show, ''The Howard Stern Show'', which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terre ...

OutQ OutQ was a news, talk and entertainment channel on Sirius XM Radio, targeted for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender audiences. The channel was available to Sirius and XM subscribers in both the United States and Canada. Personalities assoc ...

, Raw Dog Comedy and

Shade 45 Shade 45 is American rapper Eminem's hip-hop station on Sirius XM Radio channel 45 and Dish Network channel 6045. History Eminem established his own channel, Shade 45, that plays uncut hip hop. Eminem also established a new morning show, ''Sway ...

). He performers and reviews shows for NYC comedy blog

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and also City Scoops, writes a blog for outhiphop.com, reviews videogames for WayTooHip Radio, co-hosted a monthly Math Bee at

Chelsea Market Chelsea Market is a food hall, shopping mall, office building and television production facility located in the Chelsea neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. The Chelsea Market complex occupies an entire city block with a ...

with comedian

Jen Dziura Jen Dziura is a New York-based writer, educational humorist, and educator. Early life Jen Dziura was born and raised in Virginia Beach. In the mid-nineties, Dziura worked as the teen columnist for the Virginian Pilot, after pitching for the ...

and co-hosts a monthly stand-up comedy show at

The PIT The Pit may refer to: Places * The Pit, a commonly used name for a mosh pit * The Pit (arena), the main indoor arena at the University of New Mexico * The Pit (memorial), "Яма" the Holocaust memorial in Minsk, Belarus * Elder 'The Pit' Stadiu ...

(formerly a weekly show in East Village at Cellar 58) with

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called Positively Awesome. He produces music for many other performers, including the track "Lick It" by

God-des and She God-Des and She are an American hip-hop/pop/soul duo from the Midwest, composed of Alicia Smith (God-des) and Tina Gassen (She). Since they appeared on the Showtime hit series The L Word in 2006, they have sold more than 30,000 albums and toured ...

, which they performed live on the season finale of ''

The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene ...

'' and produced "The Whole World" by

MF Grimm Percy Carey (born June 11, 1970), also known by the stage names MF Grimm, Grimm Reaper, GM Grimm and originally Build and Destroy, is an American underground rapper, music producer, CEO, and Eisner Award-nominated comic book writer from New ...

—which appears on Grimm's 2006 album ''

American Hunger ''American Hunger'' is a triple album released on CD. It was released in 2006 by Manhattan, New York rap artist MF Grimm. It is also the first triple album in hip-hop history. It was originally planned for release on July 4, 2004, however multip ...

'', in addition to "U & U", "Karma" and "Sick" by

QBoy QBoy (born Marcos Jose Brito on 10 October 1978) is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter. One of the original few out rappers in hip hop circa 2001 that became pioneers of the new subgenre colloquially known as " homo hop". QBo ...

, which features soce contributing a guest verse. He produced the music for the music video "Hold Tight" by Rob Cantrell and the intro to "EZ Heeb" plus the entirety of "Booty Shake" by Athens Boys Choir.

Bigg Nugg Bigg may refer to: People * Bigg Jus, American rapper * Henry Bigg (1690–1740), English academic administrator * Michael Bigg (1939-1990), Canadian marine biologist * John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865), English poet Businesses * bigg's, a hype ...

released a CD single and a music video of his collaboration with Soce, entitled "I Remember". In 2007, Soce co-hosted NYC's gay pride parade, along with fellow gay artist

Sandra Grace Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" ...

. Soce and Sandra co-hosted the gay pride parade again in 2008, and he did it again in 2009, this time with Sybil Bruncheon. In 2008, Soce competed in the Sirius Shade 45 gay hip hop competition and won by audience vote. In 2009, Soce was nominated for two OutMusic Awards; one for hip hop and one for production. In 2010 and 2011, Soce has been co-hosting a traveling music documentary video produced by Scion. The other co-hosts are Prince Paul and Mr. Dead. Soce has created a video series called Math Problems in which he asks a special guest a few math questions that they then answer correctly. Each episode contains the following four aspects: 1) Discussion of math. 2) Silly dancing at the beginning. 3) One awkward touch. 4) The intro dancing always takes place in a doorway. Featured guests so far have included

Ophira Eisenberg Ophira Eisenberg (born 1972) is a Canadian American comedian, writer, and actress. She is from Calgary, Alberta. She has been living in New York City since 2001 and obtained American citizenship in April 2021. Eisenberg hosted the weekly NP ...

, Prince Paul,

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at Jessica Delfino Jessica Delfino (born June 8, 1976, in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a controversial singer, songwriter, and comedian based in New York City. Her songs tend to ridicule taboos and typically include jokes about vaginas and other sexual or dark top ...

and

Corn Mo Corn Mo is the stage name of Jon Cunningham, an American, Brooklyn-based musician. Corn Mo sings, plays the accordion, keyboards, and sometimes performs as a one man band. His music style is a mixture of circus music, glam rock, and humorou ...

. From 2017 onward, Soce has done most of his live appearances as DJ Soce, DJ'ing a variety of corporate and private events in the CT/NY/NJ/PA region.

Discography

* ''Dream de la Dream'' 2003 * ''I'm in My Own World'' 2004 * ''

The Lemonade Incident Andrew Singer, also known as Soce, the elemental wizard, is an American rapper and producer and one of the rap scene’s openly gay MCs. Personal life In addition to rapping onstage, Soce plays the violin, piano, guitar and bass. Durin ...

'' 2005 * ''

Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts a ...

'' 2009

''Life Lessons''

Soce's upcoming album, ''Life Lessons'', is planned for a 2011 release and features various songs he has released as singles and performed at live shows, including "The Mic" (a song about his love of his microwave oven), "Rob" (a gospel song) and "Too Many Fish" (a collaborative track features 3-bar guest verses by Prince Cat-Eyez, Lester Greene, Humility's Hand,

Tim'm West Timothy Terrell West (born July 6, 1972), better known as Tim'm T. West, is an American educator and multi-discipline performance artist, author, hip hop recording artist, poet, activist, and youth advocate.Wilson, D. Mark. "Post-pomo hip-hop homo ...

, Amnesia Sparkles, FoxxJazell, Mistamaker, Tori Fixx, Wayne Latham, JFP, Delacruz and Chewy).

Production Discography

2003

*"Passport to the Future" -

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*"What You Thought It Was" -

Access Immortal Access may refer to: Companies and organizations * ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network * Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom * Access Co., a Japanese software company * Access Healthcare, an Indian BPO ...

*"Mi Corazon R&B Remix" -

Julio Granados Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Julio (album), ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 co ...

*"Bronx" - PM US & Migs *"You Don't Know" - PM US & Migs *"Love Me" - PM US & Migs *"Violence" -

Keith Zarriello Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons i ...

*"Fight" -

Chaz Neo Chaz (less frequently ''Chas (given name), Chas'' or ''Chazz (name), Chazz'') is an English language, English masculine given name or nickname, originally derived from a short form of Charles (abbreviated ''Chas.''), although it is also used occasi ...

2004

*"On and On" -

Timothy Dark Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. People Given name * Timothy (given nam ...

*"LSDF Remix" -

Houston Bernard Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most pop ...

2005

*"Lick It" -

*"Dream Songs" -

Brer Brian A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separat ...

*"By Your Side" -

2006

*"The Whole World" -

*"Sick" -

2007

*"The Bunny" -

Scotty the Blue Bunny Scotty is a common nickname for a Scottish man, or for a Scottish Terrier dog. Scotty may also refer to: People Given name or nickname * Scotty Alcock (1885–1973), American baseball player * Scotty Allan (1867–1941), American dog musher, ...

*"Wedding Flowers" -

Po2.com Po or PO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Po (Kung Fu Panda), the protagonist of the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise * Po, one of the titular '' Teletubbies'' * Po, a character in the novel ''Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore ...

(produced all of the music for this online flash game)

2008

*"Hold Tight" - Rob Cantrell *"Special Needs" -

Prince Cat-Eyez A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. ...

*"Black and Blue" -

The Vagilantes ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

2009

*"How to Rob Comics" - Miss CKC & TMC (recorded, mixed) *"Summer Jam" -

Miss CKC, TMC, Beena Steena Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as " Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, ...

(recorded, mixed, added drums) *"DAMN (You Wish)" -

(recorded, mixed, added drums, record scratching) *"Date an Asian" -

Jen Kwok Jen is a feminineSebased on U.S. Social Security Records given name, frequently a shortened form ( hypocorism) of Jennifer, and occasionally a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Jen Adams (born 1979), Australian lacrosse coach and f ...

*"U & U" -

*"Karma" -

*"Booty Shake" - Athens Boys Choir *"EZ Heeb" - Athens Boys Choir (intro only) *"Beer Belly" -

Lester Greene Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Notable people and characters with the name include: People Given name * Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic * Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American arti ...

*"Hit the Bar" -

featuring

Amnesia Sparkles Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use ...

*"Life is What You Make It" -

*"Most People Are Idiots" -

Jeff Scott Jeffrey Bradford Scott (born December 28, 1980) is an American football coach. He was the head coach at the University of South Florida from 2020 to 2022. Playing career Born in Arcadia, Florida, Scott later lived in Seneca, South Carolina and ...

*"Reclaim" -

2010

*"Take You Home" -

featuring Miss CKC *"Less Money, Mo Problems" - TMC featuring Miss CKC *"Graduation Day" - Coolzey *"Player 2" - Whitney Meers

2011

*"That Thang" -

featuring DanAKADan *"Scarlett Johansson" - Amy Albert *"Cheap" - St. Laz *"Hooda Math Theme Song" - Hooda Math

2012

*"Wu-Tang Killa Beatles" -

Zach Sherwin Zach Sherwin (born July 1, 1980) is an American comedian, rapper, writer, and actor best known for writing for and performing in the ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' YouTube series, as well as writing for ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' on The CW. He sp ...

*"Toothpick" -

*"No Shade" - Shorty Roc featuring Bone Intell *"Theme Song" - The Miscellaneous Math Show

2013

*"Spicify My Love" - Jackie Silvestri *"Buddha Worm" -

*"Afraid of Everything" - Schäffer the Darklord featuring BB Heart *"Babies n Sh**" - Rob Cantrell featuring Miss CKC *"Stage Name" -

*"Grabbing Lunch Podcast Theme Song" -

Matt Knudsen Matt Knudsen (born March 10, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for playing the villain Sonny Appleday in the Cartoon Network TV film '' Re-Animated'' and its spinoff series ''Out Of Jimmy's Head''. Early life Knu ...

*"Mice" - Schäffer the Darklord *"Giant Iron Snake" - Schäffer the Darklord *"End of the World Reunion" - Schäffer the Darklord featuring Katastrophe and Strict Chem *"Intervention" - Schäffer the Darklord featuring Dr. Awkward,

Adam WarRock Eugene K. Ahn, better known by his stage name Adam WarRock, (born October 21, 1980) is an American nerdcore rapper. In 2010 he left his job as a lawyer to pursue a full-time career as an independent musical artist. Early life Ahn was born in ...

Jesse Dangerously Jesse Alexander McDonald, better known by their stage name Jesse Dangerously or The Halifax Rap Legend, is an alternative hip hop artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia and operating out of Ottawa, Ontario. Dangerously has released solo projects, pr ...

MC Frontalot Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), better known by his stage name MC Frontalot, is an American rapper and web designer. Hess began releasing music as MC Frontalot in 1999. His first successes came through Song Fight!, an online songwriting an ...

, YTCracker, Coolzey and Nelson Lugo *"The Amender" - Schäffer the Darklord

2014

*"Letter C" -

*"Row J Theme Song" -

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*"American - Intro Music" -

2015

*"Coolsay" - EP by Coolzey featuring Schäffer the Darklord, Nelson Lugo, Tyler Davis Parkford and Belly Belt *"Pop Music" -

2016

*"Circumcising Wolverine" -

*"Ghost Boo" - Moondrunk featuring Jelly Donut of

Freestyle Love Supreme Freestyle Love Supreme is an improvisational hip-hop (also known as freestyle rap) comedy musical group started by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale in 2004 and directed by Thomas Kail. In 2022, the group completed a Broadway musical ru ...

*"Flab Slab" -

2017

*"Coolsay Too" - EP by Coolzey featuring Cat Greenfield, Schäffer the Darklord, DJ Douggpound,

2022

*”Hooda Math Theme Song 2022” - Hooda Math

References

External links

Official website

Podcast interview with soce
* *
"I am(so gay)" music video

Prince Paul music doc that Soce co-hosts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soce, The Elemental Wizard Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Yale University alumni LGBT rappers American LGBT musicians LGBT Jews Phillips Exeter Academy alumni American rappers Jewish rappers Jewish hip hop record producers 21st-century American rappers People from the East Village, Manhattan