Eve Lamb
Covid-19 may not be the only thing going viral. A local team has produced of a catchy YouTube rap video packing some important Covid-19 health messages while featuring Indigenous elder, Castlemaine’s Uncle Rick Nelson on vocals.
Quickly notching up many thousands of hits soon after it was posted on YouTube last Friday, the catchy rap number was recorded last week at Castlemaine’s Ghost Studio.
With music and lyrics written by Declan Furber Gillick, Uncle Rick’s Covid19 Rap features local Dja Dja Wurrung Elder Uncle Rick himself on vocals with vocals also by young Castlemaine VCAL student Chase Norfolk.
Aimed at reaching the younger generation of Indigenous Australians especially, Uncle Rick’s Covid19 Rap came about quickly, sparked by an idea by Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative men’s program coordinator Cam Demarco.
“The managers there asked me to create a health message with Uncle Rick,” Cam says. “Within 48 hours we pulled together a team and Declan had written the lyrics and we came to the studio and recorded it and filmed it. See the Mail for the full story. Out now.