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J-Boy was born in Mt Isa, North Queensland. He is of Arrente descent. J-Boy’s passion for music began from early childhood sparking his interest in various melodical musical styles including country, slow rock, reggae, jazz, blues, cultural and of course today’s smooth vibes of R&B. He was a founding member of Native Ryme Syndicate, the Brisbane based Hip Hop / Rap Group that won the ‘Most Promising New Talent’ Award at the annual Deadly Sounds National Music awards in Sydney in 1998.
In recent times, J-Boy embarked on a solo career under the watchful eyes of the management team at the Indigenous record label, Daki Budtcha. The result has seen J-Boy emerged undoubtedly as one of the promising young singer/songwriter in the country. His efforts to communicate with the younger generation of Australia (Indigenous & non Indigenous) led to this debut CD titled “Waited”. Waited is the culmination of numerous events and happenings in J-Boy’s life, yet so prevalent among the younger generation. It is also a reflection of the feelings an experience of J-Boy, particularly in the fierce cut-throat music industry where there are so many aspirants, but relatively few successes.
“When you grow up in a small country town in north west Queensland, and get used to being told that you are a ‘no-hoper’, you need to have faith and find the strength to overcome such adversities”, says J-Boy. Hopefully, some of the younger people will take a leaf out of J-Boy’s book, to be someone and get somewhere in their lives. “Waited” is a unique blend of R & B, dance and Aboriginal Australian tribal lyrics – a new musical expression that we have termed Indijiblu.
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