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Gregory Scott Owens, commonly known by his stage name Manchild (sometimes abbreviated as MC and previously known as Soulheir the Manchild) is a Christian rapper who works within the alternative 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 other Christian rappers such as KJ-52 and John Reuben. 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'." Since the start of his career in 1998 Manchild, along with Mars ILL cohort (DJ Dust) have released 3 albums, sold over 100,000 units worldwide, and performed more than 700 concerts across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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.[1] 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.[2] In 2009, Manchild and Sean P released a collaborative album, Move Merchants, a name they also adopted for themselves, that includes many tracks that are explicitly Catholic hip-hop.[3] In 2010, Manchild released the albums On Deaf Ears in July and You Don't Know Jaq in November. Over a year later he released Common Knowledge in December 2011. His latest album release was Thunderspeak which he released in July 2012 and since then he has dropped no recent albums.