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#NAIDOCWeek 2026: Rapper Crooked TP on Identity, Community & The Healing Power of Music
The first full week of July marks NAIDOC Week in Australia—an annual celebration of the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Following last year's conversation with singer Jimmy Kyle from the punk band Chasing Ghosts, this year’s NAIDOC Week theme—"50 Years Deadly"—brings another vital, inspiring story that needs to be shared far and wide. Aboriginal/Tongan hip-hop artist, professional dancer, dedicated educator, and devoted father of two, Crooked TP, talks to Silly McWiggles about overcoming systemic hurdles, personal challenges, and hitting rock bottom to resurface, becoming a prolific musician, a passionate community leader, and an inspiring Ambassador of His People. It is a powerful story about identity, self-determination, the healing power of music, and the passing down of crucial knowledge to the next generation. Follow Crooked TP’s music endeavours. Check out AUM PR + MGMT artist roster. Find more content like this on my other Silly McWiggles channels. 🛑 Listener Note: This episode balances the inspiring highs with uncomfortable truths regarding racism, mental health struggles, and addiction. Please listen to it with compassion and care. If the topics covered in this interview raise anything for you, free, confidential, 24/7 support is available in Australia (please check your local helplines if you’re overseas): 13YARN: Call 13 92 76 (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander crisis support line, yarning with Mob in a culturally safe space) Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14 Tracks featured in this episode are used with the explicit permission of the artist.
About Silly Talks by Silly McWiggles
All things (mostly) Aussie music-related from an opinionated non-Aussie blogger girl. Join the host, Saba of the sillymcwiggles.blog, as she speaks to people who do something seriously “non-silly” (pun intended) in the music business. From artists to sound engineers, journalists, publicists, and other industry professionals. Discussions about broader industry topics & more personal chats with guests about what they do, how they do, and why they even bother. Contact Saba at sabatheexperiencedesigner@gmail.com for collab/chat proposals. Access more episodes, subscribe, and learn more.









