Briggs (rapper)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adam Briggs |
| Also known as | Briggs The Milkman |
| Origin | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Australian hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, record label owner, actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Associated acts | Reason, Hilltop Hoods, Jaytee, Trials, Sietta, Joyride |
| Website | Golden Era Records artist page |
Adam Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer and actor.
Briggs has released one EP, Homemade Bombs, and two albums, The Blacklist and Sheplife, in addition to appearances on songs with other artists, such as the Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars, Drapht and The Last Kinection. In the live arena, he has supported international artists such as Ice Cube, KRS-One, Necro, Ghostface Killah, Dilated Peoples, M.O.P. and Pharoahe Monch.
In 2015, Briggs founded his own record label, Bad Apples Music, which has signed several indigenous hip-hop artists as well as housing A.B. Originals, a joint project with Trials from the Funkoars.
Briggs joined television series Black Comedy as a writer and actor for the second season in 2016. Also in 2016, he played the role of Maliyan in the television drama series Cleverman.
Briggs is an Indigenous Australian of the Yorta Yorta people and the tribe name is tattooed on his forearms. He has stated in an interview with G&T magazine that the tattoo's purpose is "so every time I rock the mic people know I’m representing."
Briggs grew up with his family in Shepparton, a city in rural Victoria, Australia. In respect to growing up in the area, the artist has stated that:
...where I’m from a lot of people are pretty far behind in their race relations. ... Growing up in Shepparton, it’s big enough not be a small country town but it’s just not that big yet. There are still a lot of small minds and a lot of stagnant attitudes as well.
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