Hip Hop

Adelaidean rap trio Hilltop Hoods are one of Australia's biggest hip hop exports, but their meat and potatoes boom bap has yet to cut through in New Zealand. Hilltop Hoods' MC Suffa tell us why he… Audio

P-Money's new album BackPack Travels sees him partner with Buckshot, a stalwart of NYC hip hop who co-founded Duck Down Music Inc., now home to P-Money and David Dallas. For Music 101, P-Money… Audio

When New Plymouth hip hop artist Louie Knuxx touched down at Wellington Airport in November last year, it'd been six years since he'd stepped foot on New Zealand soil - the result of various warrants… Audio

Remi Kolawole, better known as REMi, is a Melbourne based MC who won the Australian unsigned band competition Triple J Unearthed in 2013. REMi has just released Raw x Infinity, an album produced by… Audio

Heavy, with their song Superbad. http://thatsheavybro.bandcamp.com/ Audio

Rapper Sam Hansen, a.k.a. PNC, wears his hometown on his sleeve, having taken his acronymic alias from 'Palmerston North City'. It was from Palmy that a young Hansen attracted the attention of Breakin… Audio

Nick Bollinger casts a critical ear over two new hip-hop releases, and wonders if the historically innovative genre has hit a plateau. Audio

As a musical genre built on wordplay, hip hop is home to some of the wordiest lyricists about. New York data scientist Matthew Daniels took it upon himself to work out just how wordy rappers are… Audio

Twenty years ago, Nasir Jones - the Queensbridge New York rapper known simply as Nas - released Illmatic, his debut album, produced by a who's-who of early 90s East Coast hip hop, including Q-Tip… Audio

April 11 2014 marks 15 years since the founding of Dawn Raid Entertainment, the South Auckland record label established by Danny 'Brotha D' Leaoasavaii and Andy Murnane when they were fresh out of… Audio

'Speech' of afrocentric hip hop outfit Arrested Development talks to Trevor Reekie about the Atlanta Georgia group's place in the hip hop landscape. Audio

Leftfield hip hop and future soul collective @Peace - comprised of Tom Scott, Lui Tuiasau, Christoph El' Truento, Dandruff Dicky and Brandon Haru - have released the album @Peace and the Plutonian… Audio

New Age rap outfit Third3ye, part of the Young, Gifted and Broke collective, tell us about their tie-dyed and patchouli-scented take on hip hop. Audio

When the National Hip Hop Dance Championships take place in Auckland next month, The Hip Op-eration Crew, aka The Hip-Op Crew, from Waiheke Island will be one of the biggest crews in the competition… Audio

Novelist, hip hop artist and former Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, New York, whose new parenting comedy book, 'Go the F**k to Sleep' has been an unexpected bestseller. Audio

The distinctive New York rapper shares her love of words, imagination and following your bliss with Emma Smith Audio