PRINCE William should consider himself quite lucky – while in Sydney he got to meet Nowra teen Corey Webster.
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Nineteen-year-old Corey was invited to perform a rap song for the Prince during his visit to Redfern.
Although he admitted to being a little nervous performing for the royal, Corey is no stranger to high-pressure presentations.
He acquired a taste for the international stage when he took part in a traditional Aboriginal dance at the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing.
Last year while the Black Eyed Peas were in Australia, he joined a secret freestyle session with the band’s rapper Taboo.
“I was a bit nervous performing for the Prince but I was more proud of the moment because I was up there representing my people, indigenous Australians.
“It was a great experience – you don’t get to meet royalty every day.
“I did some of my hip-hop songs and he came and said hello and shook my hand.”
Corey performed a song called the Yuin Stomp, a tale of the struggle of indigenous people that references indigenous resistance fighters.
Corey’s Black Eyed Peas experience looks like it might lead to bigger things, with talk of him recording a song with them in LA.
“I was doing some things at a radio station at Redfern, where Taboo from Black Eyed Peas came to visit.
“It was kept really low-key – nobody knew about it.
“They came in and Taboo and I had a freestyle session together, which is a highlight of my career.
“Black Eyed Peas and Aborigines was the first rhyme he said. I got really pumped up by doing that with him.
“He liked what I rapped about, so he asked me to come to LA and do a song with them and maybe a film clip,” Corey said.
