Manafest
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Christopher Scott Greenwood (born July 19, 1979), known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario. He has won multiple awards for the GMA Canada Covenant Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been nominated for multiple Juno Awards. Signed for a decade with BEC Recordings, Manafest became independent in 2015.
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Chris Greenwood (best known as Manafest) is a rapper from Toronto Ontario Canada. He is also a skater, which led to his career in hip hop; after an accident in 1998, he took time to focus on rap and was noticed by Trevor McNevan of Ontario-based band Thousand Foot Krutch. This led to his signing to an internationally distributed label, BEC Recordings, and debut release Epiphany, which was made primarily of West Coast hip hop with several rapcore outings in the vein of Limp Bizkit. <a href="http
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- Musical artist.name
- Manafest
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- MANAFEST2010.jpg
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- Manafest performing in 2010
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- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Christopher Scott Greenwood
- Musical artist.origin
- Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer, rapper, songwriter
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2000–present
- Musical artist.label
- BEC
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- www.manafest.ca
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- date of birth
- 1979-07-19
- pseudonym
- Manafest
- birth name
- Christopher Scott Greenwood
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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- Manafest
- social media followers
- 22750
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Christopher Scott Greenwood (born July 19, 1979), known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario. He has won multiple awards for the GMA Canada Covenant Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been nominated for multiple Juno Awards. Signed for a decade with BEC Recordings, Manafest became independent in 2015.
== History == After a skateboarding accident in 1998, Greenwood shifted his focus to musical writing. He and fellow rapper Jusachyl started a hip-hop group, Under One King. During this time, Greenwood used his skater nickname 'Speedy' as his moniker. In 2000, Greenwood shifted to the stage name Manafest and began to produce music independently.