24-year-old rapper from Western Sydney who goes by the name of D.Minor has changed the game on Austrlaia’s Got Talent, and the entire audience has just felt his cause – which goes so far beyond showcasing his talents.
The rapper has joined the show to raise awareness to an issue that is close to his heart, homelessness. Explaining to the camera backstage that he grew up homeless as a kid, he has chosen music as his outlet to express himself, and hopefully make a real change in the world.
“I found myself homeless at the age of 11 and 12. Majority of the nights i would sleep next to bakeries for warmth. Growing up through that whole experience I’d often just watch families and wish i was a part of them.
“Music was like therapy for me.”
WATCH: Homeless young rapper moves the audience to tears on Australia’s Got Talent
Ricki-Lee, host of the show, asked D.Minor if he writes his own music before he took to the stage.
Of course, the talented young star does exactly that, explaining how, “Music is powerful.”
D.Minor tells the judges as he takes the stage that he will be rapping his original song titled, “Concrete Pillow”, explaining that it’s a song that he wanted to “raise awareness for a situation that is really big in Australia.”
Nicole Scherzinger asks him, “How would $100,000 change your life?”
“I would invest it into a charity to help the program which helped me when I was younger. It would help other kids that have gone through some struggle.”
His lyrics hit the judges hard:
“I know it’s hard to see the future and imagine it’s bright/ I have dimmed my lights down I keep crashing at night / every foster home I’m rostered in are highly distorted / the pain ain’t going nowhere I don’t try to avoid it / sometimes it’s too much to bear, can you carry my load? / I know the streets snatch you up so we really die old / I used to sleep next to bakeries to gain some warmth / Kind of crazy how you saved me in the heart of the storm.”
“So build me up and take me home I leave behind this concrete pillow / so build me up and take me home, I leave behind this concrete pillow,” sings his backup singer in a stunning voice.
The judges and audience are brought to tears by his emotional performance.
“I don’t think there’s a dry eye in the house,” Ricki-Lee says to the camera.
Lucy, clearly moved by his performance tells him: “To be able to take a really dark and hard and difficult time, and out of that making something beautiful… that was a truly magical moment.”
“Hopefully the message you just put out will remind people that people who are homeless… so many do not choose to be there and you’re a perfect reminder and an amazing ambassador for those people,” Shane Jacobson agrees.
“I cook for homeless people,” Manu says. “I bring my son with me and i hope with what you’ve done today it will open those people’s eyes.
“If you win this competition and you get the $100,000, call me and I’ll help you with your charity mate.”
D.Minor gets through to the next round with four ‘yes’ votes from the judges.
Watch more of ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ on Channel Seven.
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