Adam Briggs

Briggs is a proud Yorta Yorta man and one of Australia’s most dynamic creative figures — a rapper, lyricist, hip-hop artist, writer, presenter, author, and actor.

He first rose to prominence as a solo rapper before co-founding the acclaimed hip-hop duo A.B. Original in 2016. On stage, Briggs has supported international icons such as 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and KRS-One, and collaborated with Australian legends including Hilltop Hoods, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, and Henry Rollins.

A.B. Original’s debut album Reclaim Australia earned widespread critical acclaim, winning the 2017 ARIA Awards for Best Independent Release and Best Urban Album, as well as Triple J’s J Award for Album of the Year. In 2018, the duo was named APRA Songwriters of the Year. After a four-year hiatus, they returned in 2022 with the powerful single ‘King Billy Cokebottle’, touring nationally with Hilltop Hoods.

Briggs has also carved out a prolific career beyond music. He was a writer on the Netflix animated series Disenchantment (from the creators of The Simpsons and Futurama) and wrote and performed in all three seasons of the hit sketch comedy Black Comedy. His acting credits include roles in Cleverman, The Other Guy, Get Krack!n, and recurring appearances on The Weekly and The Yearly with Charlie Pickering. More recently, he voiced Adam in season 7 of Netflix’s Big Mouth, starred as Alex Bermuda in Boy Swallows Universe, and played Chief in the film adaptation of How To Make Gravy.

A passionate advocate for First Nations representation, Briggs is the founder and chair of the Adam Briggs Foundation — a First Nations-led charity dedicated to developing skills and increasing visibility for Indigenous Australians in the creative industries.

In 2020, Briggs released his debut children’s book Our Home, Our Heartbeat, a celebration of culture, identity, and resilience. Earlier, in 2017, he was named GQ Agenda Setter of the Year, recognising his influence across culture and community.

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