Mannyfesto (Grape St Blues)

Mannyfesto aka Manny Mic's burst onto the San Diego hip hop scene operating out of Escondido, California in 2003. After releasing a short EP entitled "Emanuel Transmissions" he made a name for himself putting together events on a regular basis and playing shows sometimes every night. He was hosting a weekly hip hop show at a bar at only 19 yrs old and was terrorizing the backyard party scene in North County San Diego as Manny honed in on his craft and really sharpened his skills. He has a deep and penetrating style that relates to his listeners on a number of levels and different topics. He's an organic writer and very studious person and so he excelled in Hip Hop naturally. He came together with Kontains Jazz (kntajus) and DJ Tango and formed the group called Grape St Blues late 2004. Kontains Jazz mentored Mannyfesto in the art of recording, mixing, and using pro tools since KJ had graduated with a degree in sound engineering from the Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. GSB made a lot of noise and sold units all over the North America and Europe and they toured throughout the west coast, southwest and Mexico. Manny and K.J moved downtown San Diego in 2006 and were heavily involved in the San Diego Hip Hop scene and throughout southern California. Manny had always worked with friend and partner in rhyme Moses1 even before GSB, so they teamed up and finished Foreign Eminence (2007) with production from friends Kontains Jazz, Stel72, Adikt1 and others on this full length LP from the legendary group from NCSD. In 2008 Mannyfesto released his first full length solo album titled FE means Faith produced by Stel72 with songs by Replenished Thoughts and Kontains Jazz as well. The solo album solidified Mannyfesto as an emcee in the game as he toured the US and Mexico again and continued to sell units abroad and throughout North America. Now S.P.A.M is the next chapter for Manny on this long and stony ride, this time around he's a college student. His intentions are to teach, help, and be a champion for the people. Constant progress is what moves him and as a result he's become a work-a-holic on his mission to quench his thirst to find challenges to triumph all in the name of the cause.