Drapht

Biography

Ladies and Gentleman, may we introduce to you a man who needs no introduction, from the West Coast of Australia, wordsmith, re-arranger, perfectionist …. DRAPHT.

In 2007 Drapht was nominated in the Best Urban/Hip Hop Act category at the West Australian Music Industry Awards.
He appeared for the first time in a Triple J Hottest 100 with two entries in the 2008 countdown; “Jimmy Recard” at number 10 and “Falling” at number 77, then in October at the 2008 AIR Awards Drapht was nominated for the ‘Best New Australian Independent Artist’, in addition “Jimmy Recard” was nominated for ‘Most Popular Single/EP’ at the 2009 West Australian Music Industry Awards and Drapht as ‘Best Urban/Hip Hop Act’, which he subsequently won.
“Rapunzel” reached # 12 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 for 2010, #2 on the AIR charts and peaked at #16 on the ARIA singles chart in February 2011, the highest charting single for Drapht to date. The single was also accredited an ARIA platinum certification.

Drapht went on to receive two nominations in the 2011 Jagermeister Independent Music Awards, ‘Best Independent Album’ and ‘Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album’, winning the award for the latter.
At the ARIA Music Awards Drapht received seven nominations, ‘Single of the Year’ (“Rapunzel”); ‘Best Male Artist’; ‘Breakthrough Artist – Album’ (Life of Riley); ‘Breakthrough Artist – Single’ (“Rapunzel”); ‘Best Urban Album’; ‘Most Popular Australian Artist’ and ‘Engineer of the Year’, eventually winning ‘Best Urban Album’. The Life of Riley was also nominated for the J Awards.