Local Knowledge were an Indigenous hip-hop group from
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle ar ...
.They were formed in 2002 by brothers Abie and Wok Wright and Joel Wenitong with DJ Jay Tee joining later. They disbanded in 2006. After the breakup Joel, his sister Naomi from
Shakaya
Shakaya are an Australian girl group formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2002 by Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong. The two met in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music course and they had both been writing individuall ...
and DJ Jay Tee formed
The Last Kinection
The Last Kinection is an Indigenous hip-hop group from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The band was formed in 2006 by Joel Wenitong, DJ Jay Tee (both from Local Knowledge) and Naomi Wenitong (Shakaya). The Last Kinection first came to at ...
while Abie and Wok have formed
Street Warriors
Street Warriors are an Australian hip hop group. The group is made up of brothers Abie and Warwick Wright from Local Knowledge.Deadly Award in 2005 for Band of the Year and a Musicoz award for Indigenous Band of the Year. They played a live set for
TripleJ
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broa ...
's
Live at the Wireless
''Live at the Wireless'' is a radio show, and now a long-standing tradition, of Triple J, an Australian radio station. Live music is one of the central philosophies of the station.
The live broadcasts take a number of forms. Some broadcasts are ...
show, becoming the first indigenous hip hop group to do so and were the subjects of a SBS TV documentary "Local Knowledge: The Message". Their song Blackfellas was on high rotation on TripleJ.Local Noise Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree