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List Of Australian Hip Hop Musicians
The following is a list of notable Australian hip hop artists: 0-9 * 1200 Techniques * 360 A * A.B. Original * A.Girl * Allday * A-Love * Andrez Bergen * Astronomy Class B * Baker Boy * Bangs * Barkaa * Benjamin Speed * Bias B * Big Dave * Birdz * Blades * Bliss n Eso * Brad Strut * Brethren * Briggs * Brothablack * Brothers Stoney * Butterfingers C * Carmouflage Rose * Chance Waters * Chillinit * Citizen Kay * Combat Wombat * Cristian Alexanda * Curse ov Dialect D * Dazastah * Def Wish Cast * Diafrix * Dialectrix * DJ Bonez * DJ Damage * Downsyde * Drapht E * Elf Tranzporter * Elsy Wameyo * Em Flach * Esoterik F * Figgkidd * Fluent Form * Foreign Heights * Funkoars G * Giulietta * Grey Ghost * Gully Platoon H * Hau Latukefu * Hermitude * Hilltop Hoods * Hunter * Huskii * Hyjak N Torcha * Horrorshow I * Iggy Azalea * Illy * Illzilla * Israel Cruz * Ivan Ooze J * Jackson Jackson * JK-47 * Joelistics * Justice & Kaos * J-Wess K * Katalyst * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Hip Hop
Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which is no longer restricted to the creative underground, with artists such as The Kid LAROI, Manu Crooks, ONEFOUR, Iggy Azalea, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso and Youngn Lipz, having achieved notable fame. Australian hip hop is still primarily released through independent record labels, which are often owned and operated by the artists themselves. Despite its genesis as an offshoot of American hip hop, Australian hip hop has developed a distinct personality that reflects its evolution as an Australian musical style. History Early years (1980s) In 1982, the music video for Malcolm McLaren's track, "Buffalo Gals", was shown on the Australian television music show '' Sound Unlimited''. The music show was broadcast on Network Seven. The clip was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brethren (Australian Group)
Brethren is an Australian hip hop duo from Sydney formed in 1989. The group comprises Matthew Peet a.k.a. "Mistery" and Claude Rodriguez a.k.a. Wizdm. They have released two albums, two EPs and a number of singles and collaborations. They have performed live locally, notably at festivals including The Big Day Out, Livid and Blackstump Music Festival. Career Mistery and Wizdm first met in 1989 at the Heavenly Taste Pizza shop in Sydney, where Mistery was working at the time. They realised they had mutual interests in hip-hop, B-Boying and spirituality and decided to form Brethren.Local Noise » Brethren Rolling Stone magazine September 1996 Brethren got their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Wish Cast
Def Wish Cast (sometimes known as Def Wish Posse or abbreviated to DWC) are a pioneering Australian hip hop group from Western Sydney. Biography Def Wish Cast are an Australian hip hop group who are among the few founders of Australian hip hop, "having created something localised that was revered and is now mythologized." The group also states its hip hop credentials through its lyrics, rapping that they are "always hardcore/ 'cos hardcore means true to the music."Maxwell, Ian. "Sydney Stlee: Hip-Hop Down Under Comin' Up." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 259-279. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. DJ Vame stated that being "true to the music" is shown by Def Wish Cast's faithfulness to the "original instruments" of hip-hop: two turntables and a microphone. Originally, Def Wish Cast was composed of MCs Simon Bottle (a.k.a. DefWish), Pablo Chiacchio (a.k.a. Die C), Paul Westgate (a.k.a. Sereck) and featured turntablism by DJ Vame (Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dazastah
Dazastah is one of the MCs of the Perth, Western Australia-based hip-hop group Downsyde. History Dazastah (Darren Reutens) joined Downsyde when he met MCs Optamus (Scott Griffiths) and Dyna-mikes (Shahbaz Rind) at Leederville TAFE in the late 1990s. Dazastah is also a producer and as well as working on beats for Downsyde he has produced for interstate performers and is a prominent local producer, working on albums with Hunter and Clandestien. He is also a member of Western Australia hip hop crew, Syllabolix. As well as the four studio albums he has been a part of with Downsyde, Dazastah produced his first album in 2002, ''Done DL'' with Hunter which featured many guest appearances from other Syllabolix Crew members. He played a large part in production of the Clandestien Album '' Dynasty'', and also worked on the Hilltop Hoods' breakthrough 2003 album, '' The Calling''. Six tracks with Dazastah's involvement have been on the Australian hip hop compilations albums, ''Culture of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Ov Dialect
Curse Ov Dialect is an alternative hip hop group based in Melbourne. It consists of Raceless, Volk Makedonski, Atarungi, and Paso Bionic. They are the first Australian hip-hop group to be signed to an American record label. They have been described as having a "wild theatricality with an urgent street politic, the raw cultural expression with collagist, first-generation hip-hop aesthetics, surrealism with activism." Musical career The group formed in 1994 with the original lineup consisting of MC Raceless, MC Malice and DJ Paso Bionic on turntables. It was with this lineup that they recorded their demo tape ''Evil Klownz'' (1995) and ''Hex Ov Intellect'' (1998). Not long after the release of ''Hex Ov Intellect'', they met Ollie Olsen (Max Q, No) who went on to produce their self-titled EP ''Curse Ov Dialect'' (2000). Malice left the group during the recording of ''Curse Ov Dialect'' and was replaced by Atarangi, 2 August and Volk Makedonski. With this lineup, they grew in popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Alexanda
Cristian Alexanda is an Australian Contemporary R&B, R&B singer from Perth. In 2003 and 2004, he has supported a number of well-known acts on their Australian tours including 50 Cent, G-Unit and Sean Paul and Justin Timberlake. Life and career 2004–2007: Cristyle His first single "Misunderstood" was released on 24 May 2004. It peaked at 24 on the ARIA Charts. "Misunderstood' was a very popular club and radio anthem in Australia and was certified gold in 2005. The song was taken from his debut album ''Cristyle'' produced by The Ignorants and Blacksmith (producer), Blacksmith, who had also produced tracks for Blue (boy band), Blue and Craig David. The second single "Party Anthem" was released in July 2004 and debuted at number 19. Alexanda said in later interviews for his second album, ''Urban Nature'', that his party lifestyle while writing and recording his 1st album made him draw inspiration from other places inside of him. ''Cristyle'' was released in early 2005 but had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Wombat
''Combat Wombat'' is an Australian hip-hop group from Melbourne. The group comprises Monkey Marc, DJ Wasabi, Elf Tranzporter and MC Izzy. Biography The band's name came about because they used to drive around in a camouflage painted van that looked like a giant wombat. Monkey Marc met Izzy in Darwin in 1998 where they started up a solar powered party political sound system. Elf joined the band in 2000 after they all met whilst living together in a squat in the heart of Sydney. DJ Wasabi joined the band in 2002. Their first real performance as Combat Wombat was on a Channel Seven music program This led to the release of the band's debut album, ''Labrats Solar Powered Sound System'', and their subsequent signing to Elefant Traks. The band released its second album, ''Unsound $ystem'', in March 2005. Within a week of its release, ''Unsound $ystem'' was receiving airplay on Triple J, with the single, "Qwest" reaching No. 2 on the Net 50. ''Unsound $ystem'' features a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Kay
Citizen Kay is an Australian Canberra-based hip hop artist. Citizen Kay's EP ''Demokracy'' was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Urban Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015. Citizen Kay's debut album, ''With the People'', was nominated the next year. Biography Kojo Owusu-Ansah was born in Ghana and moved to Australia (in 2000) when he was six. He is the older brother of Genesis Owusu. He released this single, "YES!" in 2013 and followed it up the next year with an EP called ''Demokracy'', released in November 2014. The EP was nominated for Best Urban Album at the ARIAs and Best Independent Hip-Hop Album Release at the AIR Awards of 2015. In October 2015 he released his debut album ''With the People''. Citizen Kay released ''Belly of the Beast'' in August 2017. Discography Albums Extended plays Singles Awards AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chillinit
Blake James Turnell (born 1993), known professionally as Chillinit ( ; stylised as ChillinIT), is an Australian rapper and musician. He is from Sydney, New South WalesHe released his debut studio album ''Women Weed & Wordplay'' in October 2018. Career In August 2019, Turnell released the standalone single "Freedom", which became his first charting single in Australia, which peaked at number 87 on the ARIA Singles Chart. His second studio album ''The Octagon'' was released on 31 January 2020, and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart the week following its release. The album's lead single, "Laying Low", peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Singles Chart in February 2020. In October 2021, Chillinit released "Susan’s Son", the lead single from his fourth album ''Family Ties'', released in November 2021. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles As lead artist As featured artist Awards and nominations AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (known co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chance Waters
Chance Dylan Waters (previously known as Phatchance), is an ex independent Australian hip hop artist and record producer. As Phatchance, Waters was a founder of the group, Natural Causes, in 2003 which issued an album, ''The Incidental Noise Demo'' (August 2007), and toured nationally. The group disbanded later that year. In 2009 Waters independently released his debut album, ''Inkstains'', as Phatchance, via Obese Records distribution. His second album, ''Infinity'', was issued in November 2012. Waters' solo songs include "Maybe Tomorrow" and "Young & Dumb", both received significant national airplay on Triple J and were placed in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012. Biography Waters has toured in support of many of Australia's biggest hip-hop acts, including Bliss N Eso, Drapht, The Herd, Pez & 360. In 2009 he was a Featured Artist on Triple J Unearthed, an initiative run by the national youth broadcaster Triple J to expose and promote talented unsigned Australian artists – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmouflage Rose
Larry Herrington, known by his stage name Carmouflage Rose, is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and rapper. He has played at Australian festivals and events including: Spilt Milk and Groovin The Moo. Larry signed a deal with Sony Music Australia in 2018. His song "Late Nights" was streamed 8.5 million times and was one of the top 30 songs played Triple J in 2017, and was the Gold in 2018. On 19 March 2021, Carmouflage Rose released the double-A sided single "Tipsy"/"Powerplay". Discography Extended plays Singles Awards Queensland Music Awards The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. , - , 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfingers (Australian Band)
Butterfingers are an Australian hip hop group from Brisbane, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records. They are currently signed to New World Artists. History The group was formed when lead vocalist 'Evil' Eddie Mark Jacobson booked himself in for a gig at The Zoo, a bar in Brisbane, without a band or any intentions of performing solo. The venue held Jacobson's booking to him, and a backing band was assembled featuring DJ/percussionist Olly Thomas, bassist Dave Crane, and drummer Damien Green. Their first two singles "Everytime" and "I Love Work", reached No. 38 and No. 15 respectively in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003. Their next single "Yo Mama" also receiving airplay on Triple J with the group's debut album, '' Breakfast at Fatboys'', on its national release, 3 May 2004, awarded Triple J 'Album of the Week'. The album debuted at No. 15 on the ARIA Album charts and was also nominated for the 'Best Independent Release' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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