Dubbed “the new matriarch of Australian rap” by GQ magazine and named by Triple J as one of the top five female rappers in Australia in 2020, BARKAA has taken the Australian scene by storm. A Malyangapa and Barkindji woman from Western NSW, BARKAA’s fiery, no holds barred music is a platform for her to express herself and the truth about issues impacting First Nations people. Nominated for best live act at the 2024 ARIA Awards, she has performed at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID, done national tours and performed to a crowd of 90,000 at the AFL Dreamtime Round. In 2025, fresh off a win for the National Indigenous Music Awards Artist of the Year, BARKAA took her performances up a notch, performing at some of Australia’s biggest music festivals, and headlining Yabun Festival in NSW to a home crowd.