Articles tagged with ‘social work’

• Layla

  This 2005 discussion with Perth-based FemCee Layla took place at a community hip-hop event in Sydenham, where she was as part of a national tour on the back of her recently released album, Heretik. In a very frank and honest way, Layla talks about her life, the role of hip-hop in it, her influences and her struggles, her experiences and putting that down on record. The talk also covers issues of female role models in society, the sexualisation of children and also the wider scope of social injustice, which she saw from the inside during her time as a social worker.

  Tags: Obese, social work, women in hip-hop, Perth, Interviews

• Local Knowledge

  Local Knowledge, who have now split into two different groups [Street Warriors & Last Kinection], were for a time the strongest force in Indigenous Australian hip-hop. Local Knowledge spawned after the two Wright brothers, Predator and Wok, approached Weno, who was already into hip-hop at the same time as working as a health lecturer at the University of Newcastle. The raw passion and powerful stage presence saw them gain immediate attention. This interview, which took place backstage at the Manning bar before a gig with The Herd and TZU, covers everything from Local Knowledge’s beginnings to their ideas about representing Aboriginal issues and working with communities.

  Tags: Newcastle, DJJT, Indigenous hip-hop, health, community work, Predator, Wok, social work, workshops, Local Knowledge, Weno, Interviews