Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 1:51PM NZDT
Held at the Vector Arena
on October 8, 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. The 2008 awards, are the biggest in the awards' 43-year history. The red carpet,paparazzi,white limo's & screaming
fans are a scarcity in NZ on any other night of the year. ... 
James Castady-Kristament gives you the lowdown on the New Zealand alternative rap scene.
Posted Tue 7 Oct 2008 2:30PM NZDT
They have played to crowds around the world, including support for
Peaches, The 5,6,7,8’s, Avenue D, and The King Brothers, at the SXSW
festival (USA), and also at the Big Day Out.
So who is Coco Solid? Coco solid is front woman Jessica Hanse Posted Fri 3 Oct 2008 1:34PM NZDT
Horror Core.This genre has been around for a long time and
peaked in popularity in the mid 90's, it's made a dent in enough
twisted minds to form a sub genre that still thrives in the underground today.African American rap group Gravediggaz
are fr Posted Tue 23 Sep 2008 12:11PM NZST
Mr Boinkin and the mank,
just like the name suggests is a quirky project lead by Hip Hop and
Down Beat producer Jonny Bundellu aka Leslie Boinkin, that’s
Mr Boinkin to you.
Mr Boinkin coined the
term 'Mank' to describe his uniq Posted Mon 15 Sep 2008 1:27PM NZST
The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) held New Zealand's most prestigious songwriting awards on September 10th 2008 in an invite only event held at Auckland's Town Hall. Posted Sun 10 Aug 2008 9:07PM NZST
This week in ‘Rap it up' I would like to introduce the readers to a unique and talented artist of the alternative rap persuasion known as ‘The Robba'.The Robba is one of the most prolific New Zealand underground artists I have come across.He's Posted Sun 10 Aug 2008 9:06PM NZST
I read an Interesting article recently in the ‘Rip it up' called Can I get a Yes Yall? No! Outlining the author's strong dislike of Americanised New Zealand Hip Hop.Well I'm thinking... fair enough it's our accent we should use it. But then again Posted Thu 6 Dec 2007 3:29PM NZDT
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