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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Mostafa Rachwani

‘Keeping them in school’: Sydney Easter Show ban ignores hip-hop’s positive impact on young, artists say

Australian hip-hop artist L-Fresh The Lion
‘It’s dangerous to blame hip-hop … You can’t blame a popular form of music for individual acts of violence’ … Australian hip-hop artist L-Fresh The Lion. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

“I’ve seen people go from living on the street and being homeless to becoming youth workers because of hip-hop,” the Sydney rapper L-Fresh The Lion says. “It’s allowed them to see a future for themselves when they haven’t seen a future for themselves previously.”

Born in Liverpool in the city’s south-west, L-Fresh has been a stalwart of Australia’s hip-hop scene for more than a decade, producing three studio albums and performing throughout the country.

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