Local Knowledge were an Indigenous hip-hop group from
Newcastle, New South Wales
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.They were formed in 2002 by brothers Abie and Wok Wright and Joel Wenitong with DJ Jay Tee joining later. They disbanded in 2006. After the breakup Joel, his sister Naomi from
Shakaya and DJ Jay Tee formed
The Last Kinection while Abie and Wok have formed
Street Warriors.
Local Knowledge won a
Deadly Award in 2005 for Band of the Year and a Musicoz award for Indigenous Band of the Year. They played a live set for
TripleJ
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broadc ...
's
Live at the Wireless
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The live broadcasts take a number of forms. So ...
show, becoming the first indigenous hip hop group to do so and were the subjects of a SBS TV documentary "Local Knowledge: The Message". Their song Blackfellas was on high rotation on TripleJ.
Local Noise
Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree
Discography
*''Blackfellas'' ep (2005)
References
External links
threedworld
Local Knowledge interview: Multilingual Mcs
Local Knowledge
Block-rocking beats
Local Noise
Interview
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Indigenous Australian musical groups
New South Wales musical groups
Australian hip hop groups