Dallas Woods, is an

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

rapper and musician. Woods is known for his role on ABC Kids' ''Move It Mob Style'' and in 2018 as

Baker Boy Danzal James Baker (born 10 October 1996), known professionally as Baker Boy, is a Yolngu rapper, dancer, artist, and actor. Baker Boy is known for performing original hip-hop songs incorporating both English and Yolŋu Matha and is one of ...

's support act on his national tour. Woods gained attention by winning the New Talent Song of the Year Award for Baker Boy's track "Mr La Di Da Di", cowritten with

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, and Dion Brownfield.

Early life

Dallas Woods was born in Wyndham, East Kimberley. He left school at 15 and pursued a career as a dancer at Indigenous Hip Hop Projects.

Career

2018: Baker Boy support act and "9 Times Out of 10" In 2018, Woods released his debut single, "9 Times Out of 10" and featured on

's single "Black Magic". He performed at

Splendour in the Grass Splendour in the Grass (commonly referred to as Splendour) is an annual Australian music festival held at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales. Since its inauguration, the festival has also been held in various locations near B ...

in 2018. 2019–20: "Chapter One" and "If It Glitters It's Gold" In July 2019, Woods was nominated for New Talent of the Year at the 16th Annual

National Indigenous Music Awards The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA), also known as the NT Indigenous Music Awards from 2004 to 2008, are music awards presented to recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians in ...

. On 22 May 2020, he released the single "If It Glitters It's Gold". On 23 September 2020, Woods released " Better Days" with

and

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Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...

(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". ! , - ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, "Mr La Di Da Di" (Danzal Baker, Dion Brownfield, Jerome Farah, Dallas Woods) , Urban Work of the Year , , , - ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, "Cool as Hell" (Danzal Baker, Carl Dimataga, Jesse Ferris, Morgan Jones, Brendan Tuckerman, Dallas Woods) , Most Performed Urban Work of the Year , , , - ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, "Meditjin" (Danzal Baker, Jess Bourke, Dion Brownfield, Jerome Farah, Dallas Woods) , Song of the Year , , , - ,

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

, "Ride" (Danzal Baker, Yirrmal Marika, Philip Norman, Dallas Woods) , Song of the Year , , , -

National Indigenous Music Awards

The

is an annual awards ceremony that recognises the achievements of Indigenous Australians in music. The award ceremony commenced in 2004. As of 2020, Woods has received three nominations. ! , - ,

, Himself , New Talent of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2",

, Himself , New Talent of the Year , rowspan="2" , rowspan="2", , - , "If It Glitters It's Gold" , Film Clip of the Year , - , rowspan="1",

, "Better Days (with Baker Boy & Sampa the Great) , Song of the Year , , , - ! scope="row" rowspan="1",

, ''Julie's Boy'' , Album of the Year , , , -

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Dallas Australian rappers People from the Kimberley (Western Australia) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indigenous Australians from Western Australia