BIOGRAPHY
South West Syndicate aka SWS is a hip-hop collective from South West Sydney.
The SWS roots, originate from the 1985 breakdance and graffiti crew “Black Connection”.
The groups founding members Munkimuk, Big Naz and Dax officially named the crew South West Syndicate in 1992. SWS mainstay Brothablack joined in 1993.
The group performed 100’s of shows all over Australia and gained national radio airplay and TV
appearances in the 1990s, and early 2000’s. In 2003, South West Syndicate won a coveted Deadly Award at the Sydney Opera House.
Fast forward to 2019, when the South West Syndicate crew reformed and released their debut single “Back Like A Boomerang” with a renewed energy and a sound reminiscent of old school hip-hop greats of the 80’s Run DMC and Beastie Boys.
The SWS legacy continues in 2020 with the addition of renowned South West Sydney heavy hitters, Mikoen (Reverse Polarities, Daily Meds, Bomb Threat, Big Village Records), Izzy (Izzy n The Profit, Rock the Block), JPoint, Zeadala, SAJ (Tristan Field) and Dave Marsalis (Divinyls, Dragon, Archie Roach, Christine Anu and Yothu Yindi) along with the core crew Munkimuk, Big Naz and Brothablack and its 1990s members DJ Black President and Ebony Williams.
South West Syndicate will release their next single “The Next Chapter” on 3rd April 2020.
MEDIA QUOTES
The Brag
http://thebrag.com/50-years-indigenous-music-1967-now
1992: Hip hop collective South West Syndicate form, including indigenous rappers Munkimuk and Brothablack, who would become instrumental in pioneering the indigenous hip hop scene.
GQ Magazine
http://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/music/indigenous+hip+hop,50167
The recent uptake of AB Original’s work – alongside notable Indigenous contemporaries such as Nooky, Jimblah, Birdz – follows small inroads forged by those who’d come before. Think Brothablack and the South West Syndicate, Local Knowledge, Native Ryme Syndicate, Wire MC and The Last Kinnection, among many others.
Mark Ross was part of the original South West Syndicate. Better known as Munk or Munkimuk, he’s also been labelled the ‘grandfather of Indigenous hip-hop’.
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