Hiphop Music in AotearoaGareth Shute talks to the big names in New Zealand hip hop in this history of what has become one of the biggest and most popular cultural movements in modern New Zealand. The first book to examine New Zealand's hip hop scene, Hip hop music in Aotearoa looks at the music's evolution, from its early roots with Upper Hutt Posse, through to MC OJ & Rhythm Slave and 3 The Hard Way in the early 1990s and Che Fu, King Kapisi, Scribe and Nesian Mystik in the present day. The book features interviews with these and other prominent musicians and discusses the journey New Zealand hip hop has taken to become the mainstream, popular art. |
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