Street Warriors

Street Warriors
Origin Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Genres hip hop
Labels Livestyle Records, GoSet Music
Associated acts Local Knowledge, Shannon Noll
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]

Street Warriors released their debut EP, Real Knows Real, in 2007. Which 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 nominaition in 2008[9]

Contents

Members

Discography

Albums/EPs

Singles

References

  1. ^ Vibe Street Warriors
  2. ^ Artbeat - Autumn 2008(pdf)
  3. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 7 Dec 2009, Ridgy-didge rappers connect with their culture by Garry Maddox
  4. ^ The Newcastle Herald, 2 January 2010, "FAMILY TIES - WARRICK AND ABIE WRIGHT" by Jade Lazarevic
  5. ^ The Newcastle Herald, 4 December 2009, Unstoppable hip-hop" by Amy Edwards
  6. ^ Deadly Vibe issue #150, August 2009
  7. ^ The Sun-Herald, 26 July 2009, Shannon's Hip New Sound
  8. ^ Daily Telegraph, 14 October 2009, "Anthem for our times" by Kathy McCabe
  9. ^ .National Indigenous Television 2008 Deadly Award Nominees