Briggs

Adam Briggs (born 28 August 1986), known professionally by the mononym Briggs, is an Aboriginal Australian (Yorta Yorta) rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs became well known as a solo artist, signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016 with Trials from the Funkoars. In 2025, Briggs debuted a new hardcore punk project, Big Noter. As a solo artist, Briggs has released one EP, Homemade Bombs in 2009, and two albums: 2010's The Blacklist and 2014's Sheplife. He has made appearances on songs with Hilltop Hoods, the Funkoars, Drapht, and The Last Kinection, as well as supporting a number of international artists. In 2015, Briggs founded his own record label, Bad Apples Music, which has signed several Indigenous hip-hop artists and houses A.B. Original. Extending his career beyond music, Briggs has appeared in several television series on ABC: as a writer and actor for the second season of the sketch comedy Black Comedy in 2016; playing the role of Maliyan in the drama series Cleverman in the same year; and becoming a regular cast member on news satire program The Weekly with Charlie Pickering in 2017.

Genre: australian-hip-hop, australian-underground-hip-hop, australian-indigenous-music, australian-indigenous-hip-hop

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