Reporting by Tavleen Singh
Rapper Briggs’s Yes live performance, named Now and Forever kicks off right now in Shepparton, Victoria.
The activist group A.B. Original launched a music titled Yes, delivering an impassioned endorsement of a Yes vote within the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
The observe that includes Indigenous rapper Briggs, has gone off with over 4 million hits already.
“I feel that it speaks to that technology,” says Briggs on the recognition of the music.
“I reckon that is how individuals are speaking within the pubs and within the lounge rooms.”
An spectacular line-up of artists together with Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes and Hilltop Hoods might be acting at Shepparton right now, hoping to tell extra individuals in regards to the Voice referendum.
Organised by Briggs, the day-long Yes live performance is aimed toward undecided voters.
“Over the previous few weeks, I used to be simply wanting to place extra optimistic stuff into the sphere, as a result of it was like, a lot vitriol and so unfavourable,” Briggs tells ABC News Breakfast.
“And I feel that one of the simplest ways that we are able to present individuals what a Yes would possibly appear like is by placing a present along with artists that share the identical sort of imaginative and prescient for unity and solidarity.”
Victoria has been inundated with heavy rains this week however the rapper and activist is hopeful the rain will maintain off right now.
Can’t make it to the gig? Luckily, there is a First and Forever Special streaming now on iview, showcasing stay music highlights from Baker Boy, Briggs & many extra.