Illy is an Australian Hip Hop Artist

Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...

 from Melbourne, Victoria. He was a member of Crooked Eye and has since gone solo, releasing his first album, Long Story Short in 2009. Long Story Short reached #24 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums chart

ARIA Charts

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 and the lead single, "Pictures", was placed on national rotation on Triple J

Triple J

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. In 2010 Illy released his second album The Chase, the lead single of which, "It Can Wait", debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number fifty-eight.

Discography

• The Illy Mixtape - Vol. 2 Presented by the Crooked Eye Fam (2008)
• Long Story Short
  Long Story Short
  Long Story Short is the debut studio album by Illy. The album was released in April 2009. It includes collaborations with Phrase, N'Fa, Pegz and Spit Syndicate. The bulk of the album was produced by M-Phazes and J-Skub. Both the first and second singles, Generation Y and Pictures, were placed on...
  
   (2009; Obese)
• The Chase
  The Chase (Illy album)
  The Chase is the second studio album by Illy. The album was released in October 2010 with an online countdown track by track. It includes collaborations with Owl Eyes, Hue Blanes, Wren, Oliver Daysoul and Joyride. The bulk of the album was once again produced by M-Phazes. Two singles have been...
  
  (2010; Obese) #25 AUS

Singles

• "Pictures" (2009) (#66 in Triple J's Hottest 100, 2009)
• "The Chase" (2011)
• "Cigarettes" (2011)

• "It Can Wait" (2011) (#29 in Triple J's Hottest 100,2010)