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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.

Her most recent project was a collaboration 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

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