Luke George Girgis, formerly known by his stage name, Coptic Soldier, is an Australian hip-hop artist, music manager, record label executive, and publisher.

His parents were second generation Egyptian migrants who raised him in Sydney's Sutherland Shire as a member of the Australian Coptic Orthodox church.

He remembered, in 2008, that he was "first introduced to hip hop by the likes of US bigwigs Eminem and Tupac, but has since drawn inspiration from artists closer to home.

[2] In 2010 Coptic Soldier teamed up with Sydney soul vocalist Miriam Waks and independently released an extended play, The Sound of Wings, which was produced by K21, an Adelaide-based hip hop artist.

[13][14] He explained his plans to Birdie of Beat magazine, "The biggest focus will be this acoustic tour for now but we do have a couple of other big things that we’ll work on after that.

Every so often, a hip-hop act comes along and replaces the DJ with a backing band, not only giving their concert much more musical credibility, but allowing for more creative live interpretations of each of their songs... [the pair] decided to start experimenting with instrumental interpretations of their fine Aussie hip-hop tracks, national interest in these two emcees skyrocketed and their resulting acoustic EPs were met with more success than they hoped for.

[18] In 2013 Girgis worked to negotiate a deal for Chance Waters with Island Records Australia, a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group.

[14] Also in 2014 he and his business partner, Matt Cannings, formed Careless Management (part of Be Like Children[20]) and became co-managers of Sydney-based pop rock act, Little Sea, and signed them to a deal with Sony Music Australia.

They debuted at number 1 on the Australian iTunes music chart, before touring Australia as main support for international stars 5 Seconds of Summer.

[18] Early in 2017 he established Seventh Street Media Pty Ltd with the acquisition of the privately-owned music publications, Tone Deaf, The Brag, and J Play.

[33] Others include The Music Network, IndieWire, Variety Australia,[34][35] Epic Digital[36] (founded in 2019[37]), don't bore us, Funimation, Enthusiast Gaming, Life Without Andy, and HypeBeast.

[46] In September 2023 the key people at The Brag Media were: editor-in-chief Poppy Reid; CEO Luke Girgis; and chief operating officer Joel King.