Rap Music
'Parker would beat Tua at the peak of their powers'
Legendary New Zealand boxing identity Mike Edwards is one of the sport's most beloved figures in this country. In his new book, Taking the Punches, Edwards reflects on a colourful lifetime in boxing.
…Dizzee: still a cheeky rascal
Dizzee Rascal talks about staying on top of his game, pioneering a genre, and how excited he is to be returning to New Zealand for two beautiful festivals. Video, Audio
Drake the video game
Rapper and video game developer ya boy sprightly has been getting a lot of attention recently for his RPG video game The Legend Of Drake.
Video, Audio
Down with the kids?
Freestyle rap on Morning Report? Power pop on Newstalk ZB? It can be refreshing when old school talk radio airs a bit of cutting edge music. But it can also go wrong . . . Audio
Down with the kids?
Freestyle rap on Morning Report? Power pop on Newstalk ZB? It can be refreshing when old school talk radio airs a bit of cutting edge music. But it can also go wrong . . .
AudioSWIDT: Onehunga to the maximum
The SWIDT crew perform live from their Onehunga studio and give us the low down on new album Stoneyhunga. Video, Audio
Nights' Culture - Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... Audio
Nights' Culture - Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about the cultural politics of hip hop and protest. Audio
Nights' Culture - Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture. Tonight, the Chicago scene. Audio
The Cultural Ambassadors - Hip-Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr. Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... Hip Hop pedagogy Audio
Hip Hop - Sampling
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture. This month Kirsten discusses the role of sampling (with some choice samples) because where would hip hop… Audio
Average Rap Band
Ditching the lyrics about string theory and Stephen Hawking that marked their former project, @Peace, Tom Scott and Lui Tuiasau have delivered a palette cleanser in the form of the Stream of… Audio
Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture; white females rappers. Audio
Hip hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture. Latin hip hop. Audio
Breaking down the break beats
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture... how important is breakdancing to hip hop? Audio
