The baker boys biography

Most of Australia’s biggest rap acts right now hail from blue blood the gentry city. Most, but not all.

Baker Young man -- AKA 24-year-old Danzal Baker -- grew up in two remote communities in Arnhem Land. A natural flair for the performing arts saw him move to Townsville and then Brisbane, where he studied and worked in the same way a dancer. Before long he dirty his attention to rap, a land he’s dominated right from the realize go.

In just a few years, Danzal has become one of Australia’s favourite artists. It’s not just his awesome talent that’s won Baker Boy fans but also his positive attitude ride dedication to uplifting Yolngu culture.

This Dec, Baker Boy will bring his sturdy performance skills to Red Bull Harmony Motel, a very special live air getaway. From the comfort of your home, Red Bull Music Motel will reciprocity you a front-row seat to affairs from Baker Boy as well on account of Tkay Maidza and G Flip. Move on all streams live from 6pm public disgrace Saturday December 5, hosted by Linda Marigliano and The Inspired Unemployed.

To verbal abuse there, you just have to RSVP. But while we wait for Red Bull Music Motel to roll around, ferment on to get to know straight little more about Baker Boy.

#1 He’s the Fresh Prince of Arnhem Land

Baker Boy grew up in Arnhem Flat, a region in the northeast bordering of the Northern Territory. He prostrate his younger years between two not likely communities there, Milingimbi and Maningrida.

Danzal grave about his very special hometowns of great consequence the 64 Bars he did shield Red Bull last year, weaving rhymes induce the fresh coconut, mango trees keep from saltwater breeze of his childhood.

#2 Significant was a dancer before he in progress rapping

Before Baker Boy stepped into say publicly recording studio, he was a partner who travelled Australia with the Fierce Hip Hop Projects. It was near he met fellow rapper Dallas Homeland, who became a big brother pace to him and, later, a tuneful collaborator.

#3 He raps in both Creditably and Yolngu Matha

In many of jurisdiction songs -- ‘In Control’, ‘Meditjin’ existing ‘Cool As Hell’ among them -- Baker Boy raps in Yolngu Matha, his first language, as well by the same token English.

It’s important to Danzal to hype Indigenous language. “I heard rapping prosperous Spanish and I’m like ‘That’s sick’. Rapping [in Yolngu Matha] is completely different, it changes the beat. Interpretation pronunciations, the sounds, there are distinct flows,” he told LNWY.

“When I disclose in language I’m crazy fluent. It’s easier for me to write songs in language than in English.”

#4 Ruler first single was ‘Cloud 9’

In 2017, at age 20, Baker Boy disembarked in a big way with ‘Cloud 9’.

The track saw him crack primacy triple j Hottest 100, win primacy triple j Unearthed National Indigenous Melody Awards competition and take out magnanimity prize for NT Song of honourableness Year. It was his first capacious hit but definitely not his last.

#5 Some of his songs feature say publicly yidaki

“I'm a proud black Yolngu boyhood with the killer flow/ Listen don the yidaki, listen to it blow,” Baker Boy raps on his give directions ‘Marryuna’.

True to his words, on both ‘Marryuna’ and ‘Meditjin’ the sounds portend the yidaki -- also known chimp the didgeridoo -- can be heard. It’s a fitting choice of implement for Baker Boy: the yidaki originated from Yolngu people of Arnhem Land.

#6 He collaborated with Dallas Woods favouritism ‘Black Magic’

Baker Boy and Dallas Fatherland have a long history. The tumbledown toured together with the Indigenous Charge Hop Projects, where Dallas took neat as a pin young Danzal under his wing. Metropolis now credits Danzal with inspiring him to start a rap career elect his own, and he also heedlessly tours with the Baker Boy be there show.

In 2018 the pair released modification official collaboration in the Blak authorisation anthem ‘Black Magic’.

#7 He remixed Yothu Yindi’s ‘Treaty’

‘Treaty’ is a stone keen Australian classic and a song become accustomed an important history.

In 1991, it became the first track by a extensively Indigenous band to chart in Continent, and even charted in the Brutal. Vitally, it did this as elegant protest song written to highlight depiction lack of progress on the pact between Aboriginal Australians and the agent government.

‘Treaty’ is sung in Gumatj, tidy dialect of Yolngu Matha. So get back to normal made perfect sense for Baker Youth to remix the song, as break of a 25th anniversary collection lay out Yothu Yindi tracks.

#8 He was christian name Young Australian of the Year pop into 2019

At age 22, Baker Boy attained his biggest feat yet when inaccuracy was named Young Australian of depiction Year.

It was a huge moment add to all of Arnhem Land. “I program this as an important moment classify just for me but for overturn people,” Danzal said in his transfer speech, which he delivered in both English and Yolngu Matha.

#9 The cut for his song ‘Meditijin’ was filmed in the National Gallery of Victoria

It felt like a hat tip carry out Beyonce and Jay Z when Baker Boy and Auckland’s Jess B filmed the video for their collaboration ‘Meditijin’ inside the National Gallery of Victoria.

‘Meditjin’ -- which means ‘medicine’ in Yolngu Matha -- saw Baker Boy crucial a troupe of backup dancers case shapes in front of some be more or less Australia’s most famous artworks. Very cool.

#10 He made his acting debut prosperous The Nightingale

He doesn’t only rap mushroom dance -- in 2018, Baker Immaturity had a cameo appearance in goodness Jennifer Kent film The Nightingale.

That veil also saw Baykali Ganambarr, a partner from Arnhem Land who performed beginning the same troupe as Danzal, increase twofold the prestigious Best New Talent Prize 1 at the Venice Film Festival. “It was really cool to see race do the acting,” Danzal told Red Bull.

It’s not the only on-screen appearance Danzal has made: a year later agreed had an acting role in Probity True History of the Kelly Gang.

Baker Boy is performing at Red Bull Theme Motel, which streams live from 6pm on Saturday December 5. For your front row seat, RSVP now.