L-FRESH The Lion
L-FRESH The LION is regarded as one of Australia’s most important hip-hop artists. He is the author and performer of the Sydney Kings’ (National Basketball League) theme song ‘WE THE KINGS’, ambassador for Australia as selected by YouTube for their international Creators for Change initiative, and an ARIA Award and Double J Artist of the Year nominee. He has shared the stage with hip-hop icons Nas, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Sir Elton John and Malala Yousafzai.
He is a contributing writer to Sweatshop Literacy Movement’s Another Australia anthology, published by Affirm Press, and has had his poetry commissioned and published by Red Room Poetry. He is also the Artistic Director of Campbelltown Arts Centre’s Conscious and founder of Village Boy Entertainment. This creative facilitation company serves as a bridge between artists and the music industry.