Brothablack

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Shannon Narrun Williams, known as Brothablack, is a Sydney-based Indigenous hip hop performer.

Brothablack was a founding member of Deadly Award-winning group South West Syndicate.Vibe [http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1342 Deadly Vibe Issue 67] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807002304/http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1342 |date=7 August 2008 }} He has since gone solo and has worked as an MC for The National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge,Vibe 3on3 [http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?pageID=1851 Brothablack] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220050537/http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?pageID=1851 |date=20 December 2008 }} performed at the Big Day Out,3dworld [http://www.threedworld.com.au/festivals/bigdayout/2007/Big-Day-Out-2008--Final-Acts-Announced/ Big Day Out 2008 - Final Acts Announced]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and released a solo album More Than A Feeling, an album which is trying to give "non-Indigenous people a good look into an Indigenous males life".Vibe [http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1342 Growing Pains - Deadly Vibe Issue 101 July 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807002304/http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1342 |date=7 August 2008 }} In 2007 he teamed up with Hilltop Hoods to create a song for a campaign by reconcile.org.au highlighting Indigenous mortality rates.Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2007, "'Cause we should all get vocal" by Kathy McCabe

He has received extensive airplay on Triple J[http://www.jplay.com.au/JSite/ViewArtist.aspx?ArtistID=480 Brothablack @ J Play] including performing a set for Live at the Wireless, broadcast on 9 July 2007.Triple J [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/alpha_archive_B.htm Live Music Archive: sorted by B]

From series 1 to 3, he co-host Move it Mob Style with Naomi Wenitong.