title: Circus (rapper)
text: # Circus (rapper)
  
  Marcus Aureli, better known by his stage name Circus, is an American rapper based in Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Shape Shifters.
  
  ## Career
  
  Circus released Gawd Bless the Faceless Cowards, a collaborative album with producer Andre Afram Asmar, on Mush Records in 2004. Allmusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, while Exclaim! described it as "a good album that might be Circus's most accessible release to date".
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Albums
  
  * Gangstahz fo Gawd (2002)
  * Bootlegs (2003)
  * Gawd Bless the Faceless Cowards (2004) with Andre Afram Asmar
  
  ### Guest appearances
  
  * Omid - "Farmers Market of the Beast" from Beneath the Surface (1998)
  * Three Eyed Cowz - "Broken Chain Shifters" from The Evil Cow Burger (1998)
  * The Mind Clouders - "Unraveling" from Fake It Until You Make It (1999)
  * Greenthink - "Circus Sells Lojak Doortadoor" from Blindfold (1999)
  * 2Mex - Words Knot Music (2000)
  * Daddy Kev - "This Stuff's Really Wacko" from Lost Angels (2001)
  * Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus - "Barely Music" from The Weather (2003)
  
  ### Compilation appearances
  
  * "Holy Shit!" from Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop (2000)
  