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In 2019, Jimblah started a petition requesting for national broadcaster Triple J to start a First
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Jimblah often makes strong social and political statements in his lyrics. An example of this is the single Black Life
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The Fowler's Live Music Awards took place from 2012 to 2014 to "recognise success and achievement over the past 12 months celebrate the great diversity of original live music" in South
Australia. Since 2015 they're known as the
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the following year after he signed to the label. His second album
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