Chelsea Jane Bredhauer better known by her stage name Chelsea Jane (born 16 December 1992) is an

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rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and

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from

Charleville, Queensland Charleville () is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Charleville had a population of 3,335 people. Geography Located in southwestern Queensland, Australia, Charleville is west o ...

. She is known for having won the 2013

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(APRA) Hilltop Hoods Initiative.

Biography

Born and bred out west in

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, Chelsea moved to

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where she boarded at

Downlands College , motto_translation = Strong in Faith , city = Toowoomba , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Private, secondar ...

for two and half years, before finishing high school at

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. She was the first female to be given the award for emerging rap artists, cementing her ability and style as one to watch. After leaving school she began studying criminology at

Bond University Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher ed ...

on the

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and it was here that she discovered the enjoyment of writing for the rap scene, with its distinctive chanted rhyming lyrics. Rap battles, a friendly "dissing" of an opponent and entertaining a crowd, a la Muhammad Ali, were Chelsea's way of getting known in the scene, and she has been a guest judge at rap battles in Sydney and Adelaide as well as travelling overseas to the US, Canada and the UK to connect with well-known artists. One of her breakthroughs came when she was visiting her brother Jack on the rodeo circuit in Canada. Hip hop supergroup ATLien Workshop weren't far away in Atlanta, so she flew down to write some verse with them, which was done in 20 minutes and then recorded. She's built on the national and international attention by being announced as the recipient of the 2013 Hilltop Hoods initiative, worth $10,000. The first female to win this prestige award for emerging rap artists. She said her father, Charleville identity Kevin "Blue" Bredhauer, was not "hip hop affiliated" but he fully supported everything she did.

Discography

Albums

* Ascension (2019)

References

6
Interview With Chelsea Jane
solovibesmusic.com Retrieved 12 November 2017

External links

Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chelsea Jane Living people Australian women rappers 1992 births Australian women singer-songwriters Musicians from Queensland 21st-century Australian women singers People from Charleville, Queensland People educated at Downlands College 21st-century Australian singer-songwriters