Ever since the Polynesian, Western Sydney-based rapper, producer and filmmaker Zion Garcia made ground across his city’s elaborate music circuits, the artist’s breakthrough has solely been dictated by how he chooses to show up.

Whether that be through Full Circle; a young, thriving collective of Sydney artists rewriting history through creative collaboration, CONSCIOUS; a Campbelltown Arts Centre program cultivating the next generation of area hip hop, or through his debut project ZION GARCIA: (THEATRICAL VERSION); a sonic diary transfixed by Garcia’s bold, brash and eclectic exploration of story and culture through alternative hip-hop. Zion Garcia’s musical apparatus draws on who he is, where he’s from, and what he has to say. While his heart-on-sleeve approach to life and music has taken him to prolific stages like Listen Out and the Sydney Opera House, a “big break” isn’t even in the question; Zion’s name has found its home within fluorescent lights, and his long-deserved stardom has already been written.