Street Warriors Explained

Street Warriors
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Genre:hip hop
Label:Livestyle Records, GoSet Music
Associated Acts:Local Knowledge, Shannon Noll
Current Members:Abie Wright
Warwick Wright

Street Warriors are an Australian hip hop group. The group is made up of brothers Abie and Warwick Wright from Local Knowledge.[1] They perform in both English and the Awabakal language.[2]

In 2007 Street Warriors released their debut EP, Real Knows Real. This was followed, in 2009, by their debut album, Unstoppable Force,[3] which was launched by Peter Garrett in 2009.[4] It includes appearances by Shannon Noll and Anthony Mundine.[5] The album included a single, "Solid Rock" with Shannon Noll[6] [7] (a re-working of the ARIA Award-winning song by Goanna), which saw them nominated for a Deadly for Single of the Year[8] backing up their deadly nomination in 2008.[9] The group was named Band of the Year at the Deadly Awards 2013.[10]

Members

Discography

Albums/EPs

Singles

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1654 Vibe
  2. http://www.arts.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/80877/artbeat_autumn_2008_part_3.pdf Artbeat
  3. Garry Maddox, "Ridgy-didge rappers connect with their culture", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2009.
  4. Jade Lazarevic, "FAMILY TIES - WARRICK AND ABIE WRIGHT", The Newcastle Herald, 2 January 2010.
  5. Amy Edwards, "Unstoppable hip-hop", The Newcastle Herald, 4 December 2009.
  6. Deadly Vibe issue #150, August 2009
  7. The Sun-Herald, 26 July 2009, Shannon's Hip New Sound.
  8. Kathy McCabe, "Anthem for our times", Daily Telegraph, 14 October 2009.
  9. http://nitv.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=111 National Indigenous Television
  10. http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/09/11/324784_entertainment.html "Territory performers in deadly form at awards"