A spiritual work that uses the rap idiom of storytelling but places it in a new perspective, its writing has the resonance of knowledge...

... bristles with anger and sometimes punishing beats where hip-hop is welded to haka. But it also has tracks of great beauty...

This is bold, inventive and challenging. Rewarding viewing that reflects a wide-range of cross-cultural attitudes...
Bio / Introduction..
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KO TE MATAKAHI KUPU (the word which penetrates) in both the English and Maori languages - debut solo album..

UPPER HUTT POSSE win Best Mana Maori Album at 2003 Music Awards - Te Reo Maori Remixes

NGATAHI - KNOW THE LINKS, a four part rapumentary focusing on native & marginalised peoples liberation struggles music and art.

New UHP album "LEGACY" Out Now - Website Update Soon