Brothablack
Shannon Narrun Williams, known as Brothablack, is a Sydney-based Indigenous Hip Hop performer.
Brothablack was a founding member of Deadly Award-winning group South West Syndicate.[1] He has since gone solo and has worked as an MC for The National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge,[2] performed at the Big Day Out,[3] and released a solo album More Than A Feeling, an album which is trying to give "non-Indigenous people a good look into an Indigenous males life".[4] In 2007 he teamed up with Hilltop Hoods to create a song for a campaign by reconcile.org.au highlighting indigenous mortality rates.[5]
He has received extensive airplay on Triple J[6] including performing a set for Live at the Wireless, broadcast on 9 July 2007.[7]
From series 1 to 3, he co-host Move it Mob Style with Naomi Wenitong.
Discography
- More Than A Feeling (2006) Obese Records
References
- ^ Vibe Deadly Vibe Issue 67
- ^ Vibe 3on3 Brothablack
- ^ 3dworld Big Day Out 2008 - Final Acts Announced
- ^ Vibe Growing Pains - Deadly Vibe Issue 101 July 2005
- ^ Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2007, "'Cause we should all get vocal" by Kathy McCabe
- ^ Brothablack @ J Play
- ^ Triple J Live Music Archive: sorted by B
External links
- official site
- SBS: Alchemy Brothaback interview