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Street Warriors

Street Warriors

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For the 1977 Spanish film, see Street Warriors (film).

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]

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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

  • Abie "Predator" Wright
  • Warrick "Wok" Wright

Discography

Albums/EPs

  • Real Knows Real — Livestyle (2007)
  • Unstoppable Force — GoSet Music (2009)[11]

Singles

References

  1. [1]
    Vibe Street Warriors
  2. [2]
    Artbeat - Autumn 2008 (pdf).
  3. [3]
    Garry Maddox, "Ridgy-didge rappers connect with their culture", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2009.
  4. [4]
    Jade Lazarevic, "FAMILY TIES - WARRICK AND ABIE WRIGHT", The Newcastle Herald, 2 January 2010.
  5. [5]
    Amy Edwards, "Unstoppable hip-hop", The Newcastle Herald, 4 December 2009.
  6. [6]
    Deadly Vibe issue #150, August 2009
  7. [7]
    The Sun-Herald, 26 July 2009, Shannon's Hip New Sound.
  8. [8]
    Kathy McCabe, "Anthem for our times", Daily Telegraph, 14 October 2009.
  9. [9]
    National Indigenous Television 2008 Deadly Award Nominees.
  10. [10]
    "Territory performers in deadly form at awards", NT News, 11 September 2013.
  11. [11]
    Sasson, Chloe (2 July 2010), "Unstoppable Force review", The Sydney Morning Herald.
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