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Webster. "As a young person, an activist talking about women’s rights or about murdered and missing Indigenous women, hip-hop has been the best venue to connect with not only my peers and young people, but also the greater public that may have barriers to listening to the stories of First Nations and Indigenous people."
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in 2014, she said: "When I went to this hip-hop show, I saw Kinnie Starr and Skeena Reece, Ostwelve, Manik1derful, and they just had so much pride about who they were and where they came from. I wanted to encourage other young people to stand up for the injustices in Canada pertaining to land, water,
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on March 12, 1984. She spent her childhood moving around Canada, and by the time she was a teenager she had lived in many different cities and communities across the country. Webster moved to
Vancouver in the early 2000s where she attended her first hip-hop show by Tribal Wisdom, a group of young
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Indigenous rights, decolonization, environmental justice, and the issue of violence against Indigenous women. In February 2017, Webster was a panelist for a national forum on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Girls hosted by
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Webster then began spending time at the
Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association (KAYA) in Vancouver where she had free access to a recording studio and began putting out mixtapes. She began working at KAYA and became executive director of the organization at age 22.
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Indigenous rappers. The show was a pivotal moment for
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