Hip Hop
New Arts Laureate, Ladi6
A local queen of hip-hop, soul and R&B, Ladi6 (MNZM) has released several critically acclaimed albums spanning multiple genres. Now she has received this year's Arts Foundation Laureates 'Theresa… Audio
'Sometimes you got to go tell some people to go screw themselves'
In October 2022 Kanye West (a.k.a.Ye) was dropped by sponsors and social media for repeated anti-semitic outbursts. Jewish hip hop artist Rami Even-Esh aka Kosha Dillz - renowned for his freestyle… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: The Feelstyle - Break It To Pieces
Using his stage name Tha Feelstyle, Samoan-born rapper Kas Futialo made his groundbreaking album, Break It To Pieces, mixing Pasifika beats with hip-hop, funk and no shortage of catchy hooks. Some of… Audio
Che-Fu: Return of the Navigator - Part 2
When Che-Fu released his 2nd album Navigator it charted new territory for New Zealand Hip Hop. Its seamless blending of reggae, RnB and Hip Hop telling real life experiences reflected a truly Pacific… Audio
Che-Fu: Return of the Navigator - Part 1
When Che-Fu released his 2nd album Navigator it charted new territory for New Zealand Hip Hop. Its seamless blending of reggae, RnB and Hip Hop telling real life experiences reflected a truly Pacific… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club
On his 2018 album Avantdale Bowling Cup, Auckland rapper Tom Scott blends powerful, polyrhythmic rhymes with fine jazz and a strong sense of place. Video, Audio
Hip Hop in Aotearoa
We continute our journey through hip hip in Aotearoa with Brad Warrington. Tonight we're still in the mid 2000s. Audio
Rap School with David Atai and Lui Tagaloa
We're talking hip hop and rap - what it is and how to write it - with Dave Atai and Lui Tagaloa. Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
The late '60s was a golden period for Latin soul records in New York City, and Grant says some of the best feature on the recently repressed Soul of Spanish Harlem double LP. We'll hear two key tracks… Audio
NZ Hip Hop Stand Up: Director Sophie Musgrove
Director Sophie Musgrove talks to Charlotte Ryan about capturing the stories behind some of New Zealand's most important hip hop tracks and the contribution to the the history, culture and art of… Video, Audio
Team Dynamite: Live @ Auckland Arts Festival 2021
On this special evening the trio lay down an astonishing set of tracks old and new, featuring appearances from Bailey Wiley and Diggy Dupe, live at the Auckland Town Hall as support act for Che-Fu &… Audio
Che-Fu & The Kratez: Return of the Navigator - Auckland Arts Festival 2021
To Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of his groundbreaking album Navigator, Che-Fu and the Kratez reunited for a performance at Auckland's Town Hall as part of the 2021 Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
The Logg Cabin Soul Hour: part two
In this special Logg Cabin Soul Hour, Mark Williams (aka MC Slave) presents 60 minutes of the sweetest soul music from Aotearoa and beyond. Video, Audio
Dance Festival - taking it to the street
Homegrown experts in Krumping, Waacking, Vogue and Hip Hop dance styles are about to be celebrated in a new dedicated event. THE NEST: Street Styles Solo Festival is the first of what the organisers… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition 301: Hip Hop Mentors/Phoebe Rings
In this week's Pocket Edition, RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping encourages us to vote in the annual Settling the Score competition, Tony Stamp visits Auckland's community centres and mental health services… Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Hip Hop Aotearoa
Brad Warrington joins us once again. This eveneing we're taking a look at the mid-noughties. Audio
Hip-hop hooray: 47 years of hip hop music
Hip hop turned 47 last month. RNZ Music's Yadana Saw will explain how an art form from the Bronx became one of the world's most popular forms of music. She'll tackle the unfair rap, rap has received… Audio
First Song - Dragon Fruit
Auckland hip hop trio Team Dynamite share their new single 'Dragon Fruit' feat. Louis Baker. Audio
Playing Favourites with Tamatha Paul
Growing up in Tokoroa, Tamatha Paul's eyes were opened to what was going on elsewhere in the world when she started listening to hip-hop. She went on to become her school's Dux, the first person in… Audio