Manchild

Biography

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 genre. He fronts the underground and Christian hip hop group Mars ILL, is part of the Deepspace5 supergroup collective, and has collaborated with the likes of Christian rappers KJ-52 and John Reuben.

Name

Manchild describes the origin of the name Soulheir in "Manchild Speaks" (a spoken word interlude found on The Ringleader by DJ Maj): "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 [EMI] through 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 released a collaborative album, Move Merchants, a name they also adopted for themselves, that includes some tracks that are explicitly Catholic hip hop.

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