Mantist has come a long way from home and through a difficult journey has become an accomplished hip-hop artist, music producer, spoken word performer and Entrepreneur.
Beginnings
Torn from his South Sudan home at the age of four due to warfare, Mantist and his family— his three brothers and single mother— were forced to spend nine years at Ugandan and Kakuma refugee camps in less than ideal conditions.
No Pain No Gain (NPNG) Crew
In 2007, Mantist formed a hip-hop crew called No Pain No Gain (NPNG) with G-Jay— a South Sudanese rapper whom Mantist had met in his Taekwondo class— and the two rappers performed together from 2007 to 2009, until G-Jay had to move to a different state due to personal circumstances, and Mantist continued on as a solo artist.
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