Sonboy:
It's so, so important to have role models. They told me when I was in the wrong and when I was in the right, and they changed my life, they changed my life. My name is Sonboy and I'm a rapper and my tribe is Wiradjuri and Dunghutti. I drifted away from music at the age of 14. I stopped performing and I went down the wrong path. Ever since I got locked up, I was in and out up until I was 17. Since I turned 17, I promised myself I wasn't going to go back to that place. I ended up coming back to the community center in Redfern. I met a lady called Dawn. She runs the courses and stuff there at the community center and I spoke to her. I said, "I need to get back into music or I want to."

That was probably the best step I did. She said to me like, "We're going to push." Even times I wanted to quit. She was like, "No, you're doing this for your family." She introduced me to a bloke called Espa. He said, "Yeah, I'll take you underneath my wing, and just keep recording, recording." That sort of broke the cycle. That's what made me stick to doing my music. They stuck beside me. They told me when I was in the wrong and when I was in the right and they changed my life. They changed my life.

It's so, so important to have role models. If you don't have a role model, go to your closest youth centers, or you can speak to your family. If you're not close with your family, speak to your friend's family, even your friends can be a role model.