At the 2021 ARIA Awards, Genesis Owusu took home four awards, Best Cover Art, Best Independent Release, Best Hip Hop Release and Album of the Year for his debut album, Smiling With No Teeth, culminating in a thrilling live medley performance of ‘Waitin’ On Ya’, ‘The Other Black Dog’ and ‘Don’t Need You’.
Opening the 2021 ceremony, Genesis Owusu and his Goons took to the stage to enamouring audiences nationwide with his beloved SWNT singles, setting the tone with ‘Waitin’ On Ya’, before launching into the raw chaos of ‘The Other Black Dog’ and finishing with the album’s debut single, ‘Don’t Need You’. The performance arrived ahead of Genesis taking home four ARIAs, making him the most awarded artist of the evening and the first hip-hop release to win Album of the Year.
Genesis Owusu on winning Album of the Year: “I used to get side-eyed a lot for the way I dressed and the things I did, but all the people I loved and respected always stood firm, unmoveable and unshakeable ’cause we knew the power in who we were and what we created. This just means so much to me.
For all those people, Goon Club worldwide, eccentrics, black people – know that it’s not up to us to change for people, but it’s up to people to catch up and see what they’ve been missing out on.”
Genesis Owusu was nominated for six ARIAs at the 2021 ARIA Awards ceremony, including Album of the Year, Best Artist, Best Independent Release, Best Hip Hop Release and Best Cover Art, while Dave Hammer and OURNESS label founder, Andrew Klippel received a nomination for Producer of the Year. Last week, Genesis Owusu received the coveted J Award for Album of the Year, while his close collaborator, Riley Blakeway received the Music Video of the Year J Award for his work on ‘The Other Black Dog’.
In celebration of his mammoth year and global achievements, Genesis today announces his biggest Australian tour to date for 2022, presented by triple j. After selling out his 22 date Smiling With No Teeth tour earlier this year alongside his Goons, Genesis Owusu will now take The Black Dog Band show around the nation, featuring Kirin J Callinan, Michael DiFrancesco (Touch Sensitive), Julian Sudek (World Champion) and OURNESS label founder, Andrew Klippel.
GENESIS OWUSU AND THE BLACK DOG BAND
2022 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
THURS MARCH 3 – ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
FRI MARCH 4 – ADELAIDE FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE
SAT MARCH 12 – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
SUN MARCH 13 – THE FORUM, MELBOURNE