Modern Australian

Pointing to the scoreboard: how Indigenous hip hop keeps talking to white Australia

  • Written by GJ Breyley, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University

Indigenous rap has been in the spotlight recently with the success of acts such as A. B. Original. The duo has had a year of awards success with their album Reclaim Australia and hit single January 26:

White Aus still got the black history (that’s true) And that shirt will get you banned from the Parliament If you ain’t having a...