Prodikal 1.

Prodikal-1 (Warren Foster Jnr) is a Yuin / Djiringandj rapper, producer and community educator from Wallaga Lake on the Far South East Coast of NSW. His catalogue fuses hip-hop with lived history and place and utilises music as a social record. His writing speaks to pride, land ties, pressure and survival without preaching. His collaborations and bills span generations and scenes: he has shared stages with OneFour, Barkaa, Kobie Dee, Urthboy, Nooky, B-Wise, Radical Son, Black Jesus Experience, P-Smurf and Richie Lewis (Tumbleweed), and appeared at Yabun, Coastchella, Four Winds, Surf Life, Bega Multicultural, Wolmua and more.

Working with DJ Jonah, Jimbo and Julien Poulson, he blends First Nations songlines and gumleaf with hip-hop, rock and psych-global textures — a sound that is modern without cutting its roots. His lyrics talk about pride, law, family pressure, continuity and recovery without sermons. In Gumleaf Bass, made with Elder Ossie Cruse, he raps lines such as:
“We still here on this coast still got our say.”
“Bassline from the leaf truth don’t need machines.”
The track exemplifies his method: contemporary form carrying old ways.

Off-stage he mentors youth and contributes to community cultural work. Triple J Unearthed describe him as “a hip-hop artist with a powerful message”, and audiences routinely call his sets “deadly, grounded and generous”. Prodikal-1 shows that Aboriginal hip-hop can be ceremonial and festival-ready at once taking Country, kin and critique into the present tense for a new audience.