Drapht
Paul Reid, formerly Paul Gary James Ridge, (born 4 September 1982), better known by the stage name Drapht, is an Australian hip hop artist from Perth. Drapht is a member of the Syllabolix (SBX) crew, a collective that includes fellow Perth-based hip hop artists such as Downsyde.
Biography
Early life
Drapht grew up in North Perth, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth. His father, Gary Ridge, a jazz drummer introduced Drapht to music from a very young age—he first experienced hip hop at the age of eight. The name "Drapht" is based on a Western Australian Swan Brewery beer, Swan Draught; the company's logo was written on a watch that his father brought home when Drapht was 13 or 14.
Drapht attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco but was not involved in the school's music program. At school he became friends with Damien Allia (aka DJ Armee) who introduced him to hip hop via gigs at the Hyde Park Hotel.
Drapht became a vital part of Perth's hip hop crew, "Syllabolix", at the age of 17.
This involvement resulted in his first contributions being recorded and included on Hunter and Dazastah's 2000 debut album, Done DL, only months after he had started seriously writing.
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ALBUMS
- The Life of Riley released: 2011
- Brothers Grimm released: 2008
- Who am I released: 2005
- Pale Rider released: 2003
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Where Yah From
by: Drapht[Chorus:]
Awww yeah,
Where yah from
Yo, where yah belong from
From perth to melbourne
Yup, where yah from
Where's yah home, yup, where yah living
Adelaide to brisbane
Whe-e-e-ere yah from
Stand for ya land if you with me
Tassie to sydney
Whe-e-e-ere yah from?
Where yah represent on the map
Where you at,
The name you shouting out on the track
Where yah from
I'm from a land of freedom,
Aladdin's lamp granting three wishes to anyone who need em
Chant the anthem, bleed for my country
Kill for my kingdom, sing for the hungry
The ink on the paper, it ain't my income making money under the table,
Yah drink some
Split like vince vaughn and jennifer
Blink I'm gone, thanks for your shit like an enema
Tell em again, again,
Don't want to be the center of attention
Just a gentleman with venom in his engine
Decend from the henchmen,
Did I mention, I'm sent without vengance
Kill for a happy ending, with honor
Can't comprehend 'till you spend a summer,
On this brown land,
If your looking on your map
It down
And down
And down
And down