Background
Treadway was born and raised in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Treadway was born and raised in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Tantasqua Regional High School in 1999 and attended Western New England College on a basketball scholarship.
Based in Los Angeles, he has independently released 7 albums and will release his eighth, Shapeshifting, in October 2015. Influenced by artists including Buckshot, Biggie Smalls, 2Pac, Living Legends and the Hieroglyphics, he began rapping, writing and freestyling when he was 14. Treadway left college after a year.
"I wasn"t learning what I wanted, and I really just wanted to grasp my passions," he said in a 2005 interview.
He spent the next several years on the road. In 2001 he began writing, performing and traveling with a loosely knit collective of conscious hip hop artists called the Transcendental Alliance.
In 2003, he released an album titled Soul Sessions with underground hip hop artist Campaign. In 2003, Treadway"s best friend was diagnosed with cancer.
After his death, Treadway retreated to Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
In the woods alone, he wrote the album Flexible Morality. In 2006, he teamed with producer Samuel Pohner (Sleepyhead) in Asheville, North Carolina, and as Souleye & Sleepyhead, they released Intergalactic Vibes. While there, Souleye freestyled with Michael Franti, and was invited to play with Bassnectar.
Following the Jamcruise, he performed extensively with Bassnectar.
Souleye wrote and recorded the song "Amorphous Form" on Bassnectar"s album Underground Communication. In 2007, Souleye joined the San Francisco-based electronic band BLVD, with whom he recorded the album Music for People.
He toured with the band until 2009, and subsequently began performing once again as Souleye. Treadway opened her 2012 "Guardian Angel" tour and has since collaborated with her frequently.
He released the album Iron Horse Running in 2013 and Identified Time in 2014.
Quotations: "I wasn"t learning what I wanted, and I really just wanted to grasp my passions,".
