Outside of a music career that has earned him numerous awards and tens of millions of streams, Danzal Baker has become a powerful advocate for young Indigenous Australians realising their potential.
"I've seen that happen so often," the 23-year-old rapper and dancer says.
These days, Baker, better known as Baker Boy, uses his national platform to try to combat that pervasive feeling. When he was growing up, Baker's father was part of a travelling dance troupe called Baker Boys who blended the dances they learned watching Fred Astaire videos with hip hop. After boarding school in Townsville, he moved to Brisbane to study a diploma at the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts.
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