The Kid LAROI has been awarded Artist Of The Year at this year’s National Indigenous Music awards.The 18-year-old Kamilaroi rapper-singer – who grew up in Waterloo, Sydney before moving to Los Angeles – took home the top prize at this morning’s (November 14) reimagined ceremony, beating nominees Sycco, Birdz, Miiesha, Baker Boy and Jessica Mauboy.LAROI’s recognition comes after a big year that saw him drop two extended editions of his ‘F*ck Love (Savage)’ project, which feature his Justin Bieber collaboration ‘Stay’, which recently logged 10 weeks at Number One on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart.This year’s NIMAs were originally scheduled for August at the Darwin Amphitheatre but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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