UPDATE: Friday, August 6, 2021 — In light of Greater Sydney's current COVID-19 situation, Vivid Sydney has been cancelled for 2021 and plans to go ahead next winter instead. For more information, visit the event's website. For more information about the status of COVID-19 in NSW, head to the NSW Health website.
Western Sydney is the beating creative heart of Australian hip hop right now, with some of the country's most exciting emerging artists coming out of the region's local scene. Chief among them is Ghanaian-born artist Blessed, who followed up a gig executive producing The Kid Laroi's breakout EP with the release of a critically acclaimed debut album, Music Is the Medicine, last year.
He's bringing his latest show, Diaspora, to Sydney Opera House for this year's Vivid Live festival, and he's bringing a touch of Africa to the state capital with special guests B Wise and Manu Crooks, of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent respectively.
