Local Knowledge (band)

{{short description|Indigenous Australian hip-hop group}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Local Knowledge

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| background = group_or_band

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| origin = Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

| genre = Hip-hop

| years_active = 2002–2006

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| associated_acts = The Last Kinection, Street Warriors

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| past_members = Joel Wenitong
Abie Wright
Jacob Turier
Warrick Wright

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Local Knowledge were an Indigenous hip-hop group from Newcastle, New South Wales.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 and DJ Jay Tee formed The Last Kinection while Abie and Wok have formed Street Warriors.{{Cite journal

| title = Local Knowledge Call it a Day

| journal = Deadly Vibe

| issue = 114

| publisher = Vibe Australia Pty Ltd

| location = Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

| date = August 2006

| url = http://www.vibe.com.au/magazine.html

| issn = 1446-9421

}}

Local Knowledge won a Deadly Award in 2005 for Band of the Year{{Cite journal

| title = Band of Brothas

| journal = Deadly Vibe

| issue = 104

| publisher = Vibe Australia Pty Ltd

| location = Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

| date = October 2005

| url = http://www.vibe.com.au/magazine.html

| issn = 1446-9421

}}{{Cite news

| last = Abey

| first = Duncan

| title = Knowledge generally on the rise

| newspaper = Illawarra Mercury

| location = Wollongong, NSW, Australia

| publisher = Fairfax Media

| date = 2006-01-05

}} and a Musicoz award for Indigenous Band of the Year.{{Cite journal

| title = Knowledge is power

| journal = Deadly Vibe

| issue = 95

| publisher = Vibe Australia Pty Ltd

| location = Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

| date = January 2005

| url = http://www.vibe.com.au/magazine.html

| issn = 1446-9421

}} They played a live set for TripleJ's Live at the Wireless show,[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/alpha_archive_L.htm TripleJ] broadcast: 04/07/2005, Live At The Wireless[http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1503 Deadly Vibe Issue 101, July 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804071101/https://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1503 |date=2008-08-04 }} Then there were four becoming the first indigenous hip hop group to do soThe Newcastle Herald, 2 February 2006, "Black pride beats soul" by Brooke Newstead and were the subjects of a SBS TV documentary "Local Knowledge: The Message".[http://www20.sbs.com.au/news/livingblack/index.php?action=proginfo&id=213 Living Black. Episode 4 - Saturday Oct 2 at 7pm] Local Knowledge: The Message Their song Blackfellas was on high rotation on TripleJ.[http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/aboriginal-hip-hop-a-modern-day-corroboree/ Local Noise] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120903194243/http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/aboriginal-hip-hop-a-modern-day-corroboree/ |date=2012-09-03 }} Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree