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Barkaa
Barkaa (born 1995 as Chloe Quayle), styled BARKAA, is an Australian rapper and musician, and is a Malyangapa and Barkindji woman. In September 2020, ''GQ Magazine'' dubbed her "the new matriarch of Australian rap". and in 2020, Triple J listed her as one of the top 5 female rappers in Australia. Early life Barkaa was born as Chloe Quayle in 1995. Her mother was one of the Stolen Generations, and she had an uncle who died in police custody. She lived in the western Sydney suburb of Merrylands as a child. She was known for performing rap at high school, and entered rap competitions in Blacktown. She is a Malyangapa and Barkindji woman. Career Barkaa takes her name from the Barkindji word for the Darling River, and says that she feels very honoured to have been given permission to use this name to represent her people. Her music reflects her experiences with incarceration, child removal and addiction, with much of it overtly political; she has drawn from the words of Shareena C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DOBBY
Rhyan Clapham, known by his stage name Dobby (stylised as DOBBY), is a Filipino-Aboriginal Australian musician. He describes himself as a "drapper", a contraction of rapper and drummer, although he also plays other instruments and is also a composer. He sometimes raps with the indie rock band Jackie Brown Jr, but on his own is mainly a hip hop artist. He is known for his 2020 single "I can't breathe", featuring BARKAA, as well as other work. In 2022 he won the Archie Roach Foundation Award. Early life and education Rhyan Clapham was born in Wollongong. His mother had emigrated in 1985 from Tacloban in the Philippines, while his father is from Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia. His father's mother was a Muruwari woman from Ngemba country in Brewarrina. He is a member of the Murrawarri Republic in Brewarrina. Clapham studied classical piano in primary school from the age of seven, achieving AMEB Grade 6 in piano, and Grade 2 Musicianship. He then went on to study jaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |