Rapper, writer, actor and record label boss Adam Briggs knows how to get work, be heard, and get paid. In other words, he knows how to hustle. In the first episode of Pretty For An Aboriginal, Briggs, Nakkiah and Miranda give our listeners tips for cutting through the bullshit and getting ahead.

When Briggs joined with fellow rapper Trials to record under the moniker A.B. Original, he thought it would be a career-ending project. Their music was political, urgent and unapologetically about black Australia. But they ended up winning, as Briggs says, “a plethora of awards”. Australia is built on the presumption of meritocracy and fairness, and that if you’re talented and work hard you’ll see your name in lights. Is Briggs the exception or the new rule?

Music credits
A. B. Original, "January 26",  Courtesy Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia and Golden Era Records, 2016
A. B. Original, "I C U (feat. Thelma Plum)", Courtesy Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia and Golden Era Records, 2016
Briggs, "Here (feat. Caiti Baker)", Courtesy of Fox Sports Australia and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Bad Apples Music, 2017