<description>&lt;p&gt;It's the mid 90's &lt;strong&gt;OMC&lt;/strong&gt; drop &amp;lsquo;How Bizarre&amp;rsquo; and become a global sensation. &lt;strong&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/strong&gt; writes a full spread on the New Zealand sound. &lt;strong&gt;Three the Hard Way&lt;/strong&gt; connects the dots between reggae and hip hop. &lt;strong&gt;DLT &amp;amp; Che Fu&lt;/strong&gt; work on one of the most iconic songs in NZ Hip Hop history &amp;lsquo;&lt;strong&gt;Chains&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History is a rova original podcast.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Hosted by Phillip Bell aka &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/djsirvere"&gt;DJ Sir-Vere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Written by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/martynpepperell"&gt;Martyn Pepperell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Audio Production by Grant Brodie&lt;br&gt;Opening intro by Mareko&lt;br&gt;Produced by Asher Bastion&lt;br&gt;Executive Producer Richard Culph&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;With help from&lt;br&gt;Tegan Yorwarth&lt;br&gt;Rebecca Frank&lt;br&gt;Laura Spence&lt;br&gt;Lisa Diedricks&lt;br&gt;Rorie McGregor&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Alex King&lt;br&gt;&amp;amp; Nick Brown&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Special thanks to all guests, interviews and any one who has help fact check, or fill us in on the extensive history &amp;amp; legacies contained in this podcast, you can find out more on our page on &lt;a href="https://www.maifm.co.nz/home/podcasts/aotearoa-hip-hop-podcast.html"&gt;Mai FM.co.nz&lt;/a&gt; or read our articles on &lt;a href="audioculture.co.nz"&gt;Audio Culture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;This podcast was made with the support of &lt;a href="https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/"&gt;New Zealand On Air&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History

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Episode Six

DEC 26, 202156 MIN
Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History

Episode Six

DEC 26, 202156 MIN

Description

It's the mid 90's OMC drop ‘How Bizarre’ and become a global sensation. Rolling Stone writes a full spread on the New Zealand sound. Three the Hard Way connects the dots between reggae and hip hop. DLT & Che Fu work on one of the most iconic songs in NZ Hip Hop history ‘Chains’.

Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History is a rova original podcast. 
 
Hosted by Phillip Bell aka DJ Sir-Vere
Written by Martyn Pepperell
Audio Production by Grant Brodie
Opening intro by Mareko
Produced by Asher Bastion
Executive Producer Richard Culph
 
With help from
Tegan Yorwarth
Rebecca Frank
Laura Spence
Lisa Diedricks
Rorie McGregor 
Alex King
& Nick Brown
 
Special thanks to all guests, interviews and any one who has help fact check, or fill us in on the extensive history & legacies contained in this podcast, you can find out more on our page on Mai FM.co.nz or read our articles on Audio Culture
 
This podcast was made with the support of New Zealand On Air