Chelsea Jane Wins Hilltop Hoods Initiative

Emerging hip hop artist Chelsea Jane has been named the recipient of this year's APRA-sponsored Hilltop Hoods Initiative and will receive $10,000 towards the release and promotion of her first album.

The Gold Coast based artist joins artists like Jimblah, Subsketch and Runforyourlife as previous winners of the prize. Jane will release her first EP Queen Of The Hill this tomorrow (Friday) and has started writing for a full length to follow.

She recently released the single Good Evening, featuring Ness Lee.

As part of the prize she was also receive legal advice from David Vodika and Media Arts Lawyers and a Shure microphone pack.

Hilltop's MC Suffa today thanked, “APRA for once again supporting Australian music and in particular Australian hip hop by continuing to support the Initiative. We'd like to thank our judges Hau, Ran-Dee, Nish & Raph for once again donating their time to choose a deserving winner. Sorting through all the entrants is a huge job, and we appreciate their hard work, as would the hip hop community as a whole. Finally, congratulations to Chelsea Jane, I hope the Initiative creates some amazing opportunities for her."