The Last Kinection is an Indigenous hip-hop group from

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, Australia. The band was formed in 2006 by Joel Wenitong, DJ Jay Tee (both from

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) and

Naomi Wenitong Naomi Sky Wenitong (born 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Cairns, Queensland. Under the name, Nay, she is a member of hip hop group, The Last Kinection, alongside her older brother, Joel "Weno" Wenitong, and Jacob "DJ Jaytee" T ...

(

Shakaya Shakaya are an Australian girl group formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2002 by Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong. The two met in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music course and they had both been writing individually b ...

). The Last Kinection first came to attention with its reworking of the Peter Allen song, "

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History

Elefant Tracks

In June 2010, The Last Kinection was officially signed to Independent, Sydney record label

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who released the band's second album, ''Next of Kin'', in 2011.

Touring

In 2009, the band supported

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. They followed this up with a national tour beginning in July.

Accident

In September 2008, the band was involved in a car accident, with Naomi Wenitong and DJ Jay Tee receiving serious injuries. And their other member had died in the accident. Wenitong sustained a broken femur, jaw, wrist, ribs, fractured pelvis, head injuries and was left in a

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. The accident was featured in an episode of the ''

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'' TV series.

Awards

The band has won

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in 2009 and 2010 for outstanding achievement in R 'n' B and hip hop and in 2011 for Best Band and Best Single. In 2012, The Last Kinection received the Deadly award for "Best Band of the Year".

Discography

* ''Nutches'' (2008) – BlackChili Productions *''Next of Kin'' (2011) – Elefant Traks

References

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