Hip Hop

Ladi6 has embarked on a residency at Auckland and Wellington institution, Matterhorn, crewing with special guests for The Alpha Sessions. Ladi talks with Sam Wicks about the month-long stint. Audio

The latest guise of South Auckland rap stalwart Savage sees him fronting on the EDM dancefloor. Recently signing to music colossus Ministry of Sound, he talks to Sam Wicks about his brand new bag. Audio

University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture; white females rappers. Audio

Ashes Holland introduces his song 'Existential Crises'. Audio

Groovehouse Records is a South Auckland music institution, with a growing roster of soul, R&B and Pacific reggae artists. Included in the label's ranks is Southside soul duo Cydel, who are nominated… Audio

From his Illustration EP, Jono Das introduces 'Ten Things' Audio

Auckland two-piece Heavy, have had a busy 12 months. From bedroom demos and D.I.Y. festivals to releasing their debut album Lock In and performing at St. Jerome's Laneway Festival. Zac Arnold picks… Audio

Gareth Murphy's Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry, charts the difficult relationship between the artists, technology and the 'record men' for the last 160 years. Trevor… Audio

Marcus Garvey, Louis Armstrong, Puffy Daddy… The New York neighbourhood of Harlem has long been home to seminal African-American leaders and trendsetters. Most recently A$AP Mob, the collective that… Audio

University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture. Latin hip hop. Audio

GQ and JQ make up Chicago's Q Brothers, whose award-winning hip hop adaptations of Shakespeare have toured the globe. They also run workshops for kids, in which participants work with an existing… Audio

University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... how important is breakdancing to hip hop? Audio

Since 2012, Auckland's Addison Chase has been releasing free-jazz informed beat music through his C O S M I C C O M P O S I T I O N S Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages. Mid-2014, his music caught the… Audio

Run the Jewels - the critically lauded rap duo of Atlanta, Georgia consisting of native Killer Mike and Brooklyn-born and bred MC/producer El-P - is a project only two years deep, but their respective… Audio

Angelo King and Jono Das, introducing their collaboration The Lion And The Lotus Audio

Enthomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke discusses attemps to fuse Hip Hop with Classical music. Audio

Arcee, with her song The Cool Zone, from the EP of the same name. Audio