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Janette Oparebea Nelson, (born 10 April 1971) known by her stage names MC Opi〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 'Iggy Azelea in Bikini Wasteland' The Monthly Magazine )〕 and Opi Nelson〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opi Nelson Official Website )〕 is a multi-instrumentalist, spoken word artist, music and documentary producer. The Monthly Australia's popular magazine of politics, society and culture wrote Nelson "blazed a trail as a producer and guest artist...".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 'About' The Monthly Magazine )〕 She is most known for being the first female music artist to receive national recognition in Australia for a Hip Hop and Dancehall performance as a guest artist on the Christine Anu〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Christine Anu Australian Broadcasting Corporation )〕 (ARIA award winning Australian indigenous singer and song writer) and Paul Kelly〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ABC Radio Paul Kelly )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Penguin Books Paul Kelly )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Guardian Newspaper Paul Kelly )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Paul Kelly The Movie )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Paul Kelly Allmusic )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Paul Kelly BBC News Entertainment )〕 (a prolific ARIA Award winning Australian folk singer and songwriter), 1994 ARIA nominated, single, "The Last Train".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARIA Awards 1994 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Paul Kelly Discography, Single 1993 Last Train Toasting by Oparabea Janet Obiri-Nelson )〕 Later she was both a writer and guest performer on Anu's award winning 1995 ARIA Best Indigenous Release and ARIA Platinum Album, ''Stylin Up''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Stylin UP ARIA )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Stylin Up' Writers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ARIA Chart Accreditations 2000 Platinum 'Stylin Up )〕 Nelson was a well known local Sydney live independent spoken word artist and producer〔 before she met Christine Anu, whilst acting in a cast of eight, alongside Christine Anu and Barry Otto〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Barry Otto imdb )〕 (AFI Awarded Australian actor), in the 1993 musical theatrical production ''The Trials of Brother Jero'' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Trials of Brother Jero 1993: Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record January 1993 )〕 written by Nigerian Nobel Prize playwright Wole Soyinka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wole Soyinka Biography )〕 Before "The Last Train's" success in 1994, she was known for her work in Australian dance music TV and radio. She was one of the first music artists to be a reporter and assistant producer on the first Australian dance music show SBS TV's 'MC TEE VEE'〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SBS TV MC TEE VEE )〕 and Alternative Arts Show 'The Noise'〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SBS TV 'The Noise' )〕 (produced by one of Australia's prolific TV producers, Annette Shun Wah〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annette Shun Wah ABC' )〕). Her MC Tee Vee interviews included The Beastie Boys,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beastie Boys Allmusic )〕 Lucky Dube〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lucky Dube Allmusic )〕 and others. At the age of 19 years old, she co-produced, with Jaslyn Hall〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jaslyn Hall ABC )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jaslyn Hall City of Sydney NY2002 )〕(Triple J〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Broadcasting Corporation Triple J )〕 and Womadelaide〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A brief History of Womadelaide Arts Hub )〕 producer), the 1990 Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio documentary 'Women on the Rhyme' the first ABC radio documentary about Australian female hip hop artists. This documentary featured interviews with Charlene (Def Wish Cast), No.1 Jamaican & US female Dancehall artist (Shelly Thunder ), New Zealand Hip Hop Group Moana and the Moahunters and others. == Early life and Family == Nelson was born in Chelsea, London, United Kingdom and has Ghanaian, Australian Indigenous and Irish heritage. In 1979 she left Britain to live in Sydney, Australia. Nelson's niece is MZ Porsche,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mz Porsche Go Metro Music )〕 a female West African Ghanaian Hip Hop artist who has achieved national recognition in her country and like Nelson, she is a multi-instrumentalist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MC Opi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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