Trey Thomas — Urban Cultures Project Coordinator
TREY THOMAS (aka MC Trey) dubbed ‘a national treasure’ by Inthemix.com.au, has firmly established herself as a prominent artist within hip-hop and urban music in Australia over the past 12 years. She has released two albums, Daily Affirmations and Tapastry Tunes, and has performed around Australia, Fiji, NZ, USA, Japan and the UK. She has also performed on the Big Day Out tours and supported and performed with some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including Lupe Fiasco, Common, The Fugees, Ugly Duckling, Naughty by Nature, Run DMC, Michael Franti, RZA, XZIBIT and JURASSIC5 and more. She has hosted TV music shows, coordinated the Hip-hop festival, ‘Urban Xpressions’ and many other hip-hop and community music events. Her most recent release was a collaborative album with Maya Jupiter and DJ Nick Toth as ‘Foreign Heights’, which received an ARIA nomination for the ‘Get Yours’ remix. Trey started at ICE as a project participant in 2001 and has been contracted over the years as a workshop facilitator and performer. Her full-time stint at ICE was realised in 2006 through winning a Vodafone Australia Foundation ‘World of Difference’ grant. She is now employed part-time as ICE’s Urban Music Program Coordinator.
