Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History - November 19

Savage and Dawn Raid head back into the charts with ‘Swing’. Move The Crowd Records introduces Tyree, Young Sid, Deach and their crew Smashproof to audiences on both sides of the Tasman. In Central Auckland, a new crew called Homebrew steps into the cypher. A major shift is on the horizon.

‘Swing’s placement in the Knocked Up movie takes Savage all the way into the heartlands of America. David Dallas goes solo and makes the global hip-hop scene take notice. Smashproof drop the most significant single of their career, ‘Brother’. Meanwhile, Ladi6 heads to Europe. Homebrew drops the Last Week EP, PNC enters the chatroom, and Young, Gifted & Broke rises up. This is where our story ends… for now. Aotearoa Hip-Hop: The Music, The People, The History is an award-winning rova original podcast.

In the wake of the release of ‘Stand Up’, ‘Not Many - The Remix’ and The Crusader, Scribe becomes the shining star of Aotearoa hip-hop. The scene goes on the road with the nationwide Boost Mobile Hookup tour. Dei Hamo drops his anthemic single ‘We Gon Ride’, and Scribe heads to Australia and the UK. These are the glory years.

Che Fu and Nesian Mystik take Aotearoa hip-hop to the mainstream with their Navigator and Polysaturated albums. P-Money drops Big Things. The Aotearoa Hip-Hop summit heads to Auckland, and Mareko and Scribe record their legendary debut albums, White Sunday and The Crusader. Triumph is close at hand.

The legendary Deceptikonz come together in South Auckland and link up with a brand new record label, Dawn Raid. Hip-Hop in Aotearoa goes online, heralding the arrival of new crews like Breakin Wreckwordz and the next evolution of the MC battle scene. Ali brings the Aotearoa hip-hop summit to Christchurch, and King Kapisi drops his classic album Savage Thoughts.