Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (IHHP) was a unique team of talented artists in all elements of hip hop, media, entertainment and performing arts, who have been working extensively in Indigenous communities around Australia since 2005. Specialising in week long intensive projects in Dance, Music, Film, Art and Culture.
I had been filmed these video clips from 2012 to 2019, and was a pleasure to see the youth develop in their week long workshops.
IHHP and Laynhapuy Aboriginal Corporation have come together in the homelands of Dhalinbuy to create this song "This is our country". During the filming of this song, the people of Dhalinbuy took us out on country to show us how to cook bush tucker, finding the trees for and making Yidaki, collecting pandanus for weaving, and also find the plants for dying the pandanus.
IHHP and Miwatj Health, have combined for their fourth video of the Yaka Buny'djurr Ngarali campaign. Work with the community of Ramingining (Warrk) the have written a song about the side effects of smoking. Quitting smoking will help you live a dhapirrk life, and give you more energy for hunting, fishing and dancing.
IHHP in conjunction with the Laynhpauy Aboriginal Corporation have produced this deadly video. For one week the dancers from Indigneous Hip Hop Projects toured around the Laynhapuy homelands, visiting Dahlinbuy, Garrathalal, Yupara and Wandawuy, sharing knowledge of music and dance. Also promoting healthy lifestyles through cultural and contemporary forms of movement.
Indigenous Hip Hop Projects and stake holders from the whole Broome community banded together to bring you this song about FASD. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a problem the effects all communities, and the deadly youth from Broome have tackled this subject amazingly in their song 'Stand Up'.
IHHP was invited by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to produce this video, with the attendees of the Garma Youth Forum. The subject that the youth forum was tackling was knowledge and education, wether that is going to school, or listening to elders.
IHHP and the Warmun community banded together to write this deadly song, translating as 'Men and Women here in Turkey Creek.' This was the third song we have written in Warmun, and once again the community stood up tall and delivered. The chorus translated is 'Men and Women here in Turkey Creek, Dreamtime stories that our Elders teach.'
IHHP and Wangkatjungka Remote Community School worked together to write the song 'Strong, Smart & Proud'. It was incredible to work with all the students and community of Wangkatjungka, with special thanks to the talented people that played bass, guitar and, of course, sang on the track.
IHHP and the Horn Island PCYC, in conjunction with Torres and Cape Hospital and Health service, joined together in the last weeks of the 2015, to run some dance workshops with the youth and community, for the concert in tribute to bala Byron.