This section is to give a run down of what's going on in the Aotearoa hip hop scene, the happening trends and not so happening trends as according to ME.
NEWS
The Next project Wellington Event
In conjunction with Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Youth Development, GO Wellington and the Wellington City Council.
Real Talk: 20th November 2009 - youth speak about violence
Act Right: 06th December 2009 Wellington event about violence in the youth and hip hop community
On the 20th of November the Next is holding a workshop looking at what youth think about violence in their community and actions about how to deal with violence. It will involve interactive workshops with artists who will assist young people to explore the issues impacting on their communities.
On the 06th of December the Next is organising an event looking at youth and hip hop voices about violence in their communities.
This event will be taking the youth pespectives from the workshop of the day before workshop and putting it on a GO Wellington bus.
During the event their will also have hip hop groups performing having their say on what violence means to them.....
If you have any youth who want to be involved or need more information contact Sara Tamati click here and get incontact.....
B BOYING
Battle Cry 2009
Okay so this year Battle Cry was not at youth town....it moved to the YMCA...
What an event. Step1 did a great job of organizing this event and there was a great vibe and awesome feeling amongst the dancers.
Congrats to the winning crew Infinite Style and B Girl Sylas who won the B Girl Battle.
Dope!
DJING
ITF's
Rumours wererife that an ITF DJ competition was going to happen on the 28th of November.....and it did.....but under the banner of the IDA competition.
It was an Australasian battle so there were 2 Australian DJ's and 2 New Zealand DJ's.
Congrats to the
MCING
Welli Deep
Welli Deep - Carry on Tradition gig, 4th December @ Tug Boat
If ya living in Wellington and you wanna catch sum raw MC's rocking a dope event.
Welli Deep is a collective of MC's who help to not only organise events but try to support others that haven't organised gigs before to run an event in a safe environment. This time round this Welli Deep event will be run by Gutter Side and and Chozin Few from Porirua.
Tickets will quick on the uptake - so make sure your in quick.
If you want more information contact click on the picture above.....
....and just for a little preview check out....44meta4z
44Meta4z are a dope crew that are part of the Welli Deep community. Click on the picture above to check out one of their tracks. Click here to contact them
GRAFFITI
King of Style Battle in Auckland
TMD crew from Auckland organised the King Of Style battle in Aucklandon the 24th of October.
The concept looked like it was in relation to the Tsunami that happened in Samoa. It looked like everyone had the word Tsuami and the concept worked around that.The walls afterwards were put on sella.co.nz and are still being auctioned off to raise money for the people affected in the islands.
Check the photos below of the top 3 otherwise click here to take you through to the TMD site for more information or click here to make a offer on the auctioning.
1st place: RTR
2nd place: GBAK
3rd place: NSP
Next Level Battle
This battle happened on the 10th of October. It looked to be a very large exciting battle with many talented and skilled writers participating. The winner of the battle was Askew from TMD. Check out all the photos below...
Click on the photo to take you through to the TMD site where you can see more photos and informationt:
Askew - the winner
Berst
Variety
Pacific Hip Hop
As we here at the Next at based in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the pacific, we thought it would be a great idea to look at some of the hip hop culture in the south pacific and around the pacific rim to showcase who and what are making noise all around the world. The majority of this update page will be looking at south pacific hip hop.
The south paciific islands that we will be concentrating on will consist of islands like Australia, Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Northen Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Tokelau Island, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Islands, Palau, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa and Aotearoa/New Zealand.
We will also be investigating hip hop in places around the pacific rim like , Ecuador, El Salavdor, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, North Korea, Panama, Peru, Philipines, Russia, Singapore, Soloman Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor - Leste, United States, Vietnam.......
Here's a map to the area (click on the map for a bigger sized look at this area) and click here to check out the south pacific islands....
Fiji
There is a healthy hip hop scene in Fiji. Many young people in Fiji (as well as the pacific) are using the hip hop and the internet to establish themselves, have something to say while living on their island.
This clip has been put up before but but it's such a goodie that it has to be re shown...
Click on the picture above to check out Suva City boys Sammy G & Dave, Tukaine and dancers Troop 10.
MC Trey
MC Trey is a Fijian woman who living in Sydney Australia has been building a solid reputation as a dope Fijian female MC locally in Australia but also all over the world. She has recently just become a recipientof the VODAFONE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION GRANT and is able to run hip-hop music workshops for at-risk young people, for 12 months.
Click on the picture above to take you to her song collaboration, 'It goes On' with Foreign Heights. Click here to check out her website
Also click here to check out MC Trey's awesome interview talking about her workshops shes running in Fiji as well as her hip hop. Check out the Fijian Youth Intiative Inc (click on the name to take you through to the website) to see great work they're doing.....DOPE!!
Redchild
Click on the picture above to check out this indigenous Fijian MC and click here to check out an interview with the man himself in the Fiji Times online
Fijian B boys
Also go click on the picture above to check out Fijian B boy Azz's bebo page called Culture Boys.
Troop 10
Click here to check out Troop 10 Fijian dance group.
Australia
The Last Kinection
Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (IHHP)
IHHP is a unique team of talented artists in all elements of hip hop, media, entertainment and performing arts, who have been working extensively in Aboriginal communities around Australia since 2004.
Click the picture above to check out a youtube clip about them and what they're about or click here to holla/check out their website
The Last Kinection
The foundation behind this musical connection is family! Naomi and Joel come from a large family belonging to the Kabbi Kabbi people of South East Queensland. At a frightening rapid pace they were losing their elders to the cycle of life. This reality was the reason behind the group’s name.
The Last Kinection became a way for them to honour and express their pride, respect and knowledge for their culture and last remaining elder, their beloved grandmother, ‘Nutches’. Hence, the name of their debut album. Pronounced Nu-tches. (‘u’ as in Put) Which has now been dedicated in loving memory to this inspirational woman.
Click on the picture above to check out dope and controverially timely 'We still Australia home'. Click here to check out the website and here to connect on the myspace page
Street Warriors
MULTI AWARD WINNING RAPPERS, "PREDATOR" & "WOK" are Australia's Deadliest Rap Sensation, the "STREET WARRIORS". Street Warriors (brothers Abie and Warwick Wright) are familiar faces on the Australian hip hop scene and respected pioneers of Indigenous hip hop.
Their single look at me is ill real rap and you can check it out by clicking on picture above. To connect with this fresh group check their myspace here.
Local Noize
Local Noize is a project based at UTS (University of Technology, Sydney), funded by the Australian Research Council. Its focus is on Australian hip-hop, and the localisation of hip-hop in different cultural, societal and educational contexts. Click on the picture above to check out the website
New Caledonia
A group called Posue from New Caledonia will be performing with a south Auckland group called Ghost at several places in Auckland. They will also be running a workshops. Click on the picture above to take you through to gig guide for the group. Click here to check out some footage
Samoa
Zipso
Well known here in Aoteraoa/ New Zealand and the Samoan community is Zipso. He raps purely in Samoan and his song 'Fika Mai le Pese' is a catchy tune that's caught on to Samoan and non Samoan alike.
Click on the picture below to check out an interview on Tangata Pasifika. Click on Zipso picture to take you through to the catchy track 'Fika mai le Pese'. Click here to connect you with Zipso
