{{Short description|Australian rapper and songwriter}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chelsea Jane | image = | birth_name = Chelsea Jane Bredhauer<ref>name="solovibesmusic"</ref> | alias = Queen of the hill, Chels Bredhauer | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Charleville, Queensland | origin = Australia | genre = Hip hop | instrument = Vocal | occupation = Rapper, Songwriter | years_active = 2010–present | associated_acts = }} '''Chelsea Jane Bredhauer''' better known by her stage name '''Chelsea Jane''' (born 16 December 1992) is an Australian rapper and songwriter from Charleville, Queensland. She is known for having won the 2013 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Hilltop Hoods Initiative.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/australia-culture-blog/2014/jun/10/why-arent-there-more-female-rappers-in-aussie-hip-hop | title = Why aren't there more female rappers in Aussie hip-hop? | work = The Guardian | date = 10 June 2014 | accessdate = 23 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160826021824/https://www.theguardian.com/world/australia-culture-blog/2014/jun/10/why-arent-there-more-female-rappers-in-aussie-hip-hop | archive-date = 26 August 2016 |url-status = live| df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="APRA HHI">{{cite web | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/hth/ | title = Hilltop Hoods Initiative | first = Mike | last = Tsangaris | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | year = 2016 | accessdate = 23 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160604143939/http://apraamcos.com.au/hth | archive-date = 4 June 2016 |url-status = dead| df = dmy-all }}</ref>
==Biography== Born and bred out west in Charleville, Chelsea moved to Toowoomba where she boarded at Downlands College for two and half years, before finishing high school at The Scots PGC College in Warwick. She was the first female to be given the award for emerging rap artists, cementing her ability and style as one to watch.<ref name="thechronicle">{{cite web |author=Laura Hunt |date=14 September 2013 |title=Chelsea going places in rap |url=http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/chelsea-going-places-in-rap/2020079.html |publisher=thechronicle.com |accessdate=6 July 2016}}{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
After leaving school she began studying criminology at Bond University on the Gold Coast and it was here that she discovered the enjoyment of writing for the rap scene, with its distinctive chanted rhyming lyrics.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Rap battles, a friendly "dissing" of an opponent and entertaining a crowd, a la Muhammad Ali, were Chelsea's way of getting known in the scene, and she has been a guest judge at rap battles in Sydney and Adelaide as well as travelling overseas to the US, Canada and the UK to connect with well-known artists. One of her breakthroughs came when she was visiting her brother Jack on the rodeo circuit in Canada. Hip hop supergroup ATLien Workshop weren't far away in Atlanta, so she flew down to write some verse with them, which was done in 20 minutes and then recorded.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} She's built on the national and international attention by being announced as the recipient of the 2013 Hilltop Hoods initiative, worth $10,000. The first female to win this award for emerging rap artists. {{blockquote|1=Writing's very therapeutic, it's my way of relaxing. I've been told I don't sound how I look. People see a girl with pink hair and they think I'm innocent, but when I hear a beat, the demon comes out in me.}} She said her father, Charleville identity Kevin "Blue" Bredhauer, was not "hip hop affiliated" but he fully supported everything she did. {{blockquote|1=He tells me I should find a boyfriend but do you know how hard it is to find someone who understands what I do.<ref name="queenslandcountrylife">{{cite web|title=From strapper to rapper|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/3587033/from-strapper-to-rapper.html|publisher=queenslandcontrylife.com.au.com|accessdate=6 July 2016|author=Sally Cripps|date=1 September 2013}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
==Discography==
=== Albums ===
* Ascension (2019)
==References== {{Reflist}}6. [http://www.solovibesmusic.com/2013/04/interview-with-chelsea-jane.html Interview With Chelsea Jane] solovibesmusic.com Retrieved 12 November 2017
== External links == * [https://twitter.com/ItsChelseaJane Twitter]
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