MC Trey
MC Trey, also known as Trey (born Thelma Thomas in Lami, Fiji), is a Fijian Samoan Australian vocalist, and hip-hop activist. She was nominated as one of Sydney's Top 10 Creative Innovators in the field of music[1] and is a member of ARIA-nominated band Foreign Heights.
MC Trey | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thelma Thomas |
| Born | Lami, Fiji |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Career
Over the past 15 years, Trey has established herself as an artist within hip-hop and urban music in Australia.
She collaborated with Maya Jupiter (Channel V) and DJ Nick Toth as hip-hop trio, Foreign Heights. The second single off the Foreign Heights album, "Get Yours", earned them an ARIA nomination in 2007.[2]
Off mic, Trey is a youth arts worker, who has been facilitating hip-hop music workshops for young people around Australia for over 10 years. Her work in this area was awarded a Vodafone Australia Foundation "World of Difference" grant, enabling her to co-ordinate music programs for at-risk and disadvantaged young people at Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) in Western Sydney. These programs aim to further-develop participant's writing, communication and performance skills and encourage young people to tell their stories through hip-hop music.[3]
Discography
- 'Getaway feat. Savuto - Single (Tapastry): 2019
- 'Daily - Single (Tapastry): 2017
- 'The Light - Single (Tapastry): 2013
- Foreign Heights - CD (Grindin’/Central Station Records): '07
- Tapastry Toons - CD (Tapastry Toons/Shock Records): '03
- Creepin' - CD/vinyl single (tv1/Sony Music) with Fatt Dex: '01
- Daily Affirmations - CD (Tapastry Toons/Mother Tongues): '00
- Universal Soldier - 12" (Tapastry Toons/Mother Tongues): '99
- Projectiles - US tour tape (Tapastry Toons): '98
- Projectiles - demo CD & Tape (Tapastry Toons) w/DJ Bonez: '96/'97
References
- MC Trey Hits Sydney's Top 10
- ARIA Awards 2007 Archived 20 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- The Hip-Hop Journo