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Ladi6
Karoline Fuarosa Park-Tamati MNZM (born 7 November 1982), known professionally as Ladi6, is a New Zealand recording artist of Samoan descent. She spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album Time Is Not Much debuted at number 4 on the New Zealand Top 40 Album chart. and her second album The Liberation Of... debuted at number 6 and was certified gold. Her single "Like Water" was certified platinum in June 2011. She has won many awards, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards, the 2011 Taite Music Prize, and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. The current line-up of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her partner Parks (a.k.a. Brent Park) and Julien Dyne.
Ladi6 was a spokesperson for the Not Our Future anti-smoking campaign. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music. In 2023, she received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.
Ladi6 was born in Christchurch on 7 November 1982, and raised in that city. She grew up in the eastern suburb of Aranui. Her family moved to Africa for a year and a half when she was a teenager, where she says she first started to write songs and play guitar. After she returned to Christchurch in the mid-1990s, she started her entertainment career as a break dancer. When she was 16 she formed her all-elements hip-hop crew which evolved into New Zealands first all-female hip-hop music group, Sheelahroc, with Sarah Tamaira (a.k.a. Voodoo Child) and Tyra Hammond in May 1998. Sheelahroc released the hit single "If I Gave U Th' Mic" and won Most Promising New Act at the 2001 bNet Music Awards.
After Sheelahroc broke up, Ladi6 went on to form Verse Two with Parks (Brent Park), Julien Dyne, Markus Vanilau, Elia Gaitau, Vanessa Mcgowan, DJ 4130, Matipi Turua, Redford Grenell, Vanessa Mcgowan, Nick Robertson (Shapeshifter) as well as a variety of guest musicians including MC Scribe. They released the singles "Danger" and "Gold" (featuring her cousin Scribe and produced by Mu of Fat Freddy's Drop). "Gold" went to Number 1 on the NZ Alternative charts in its first week of play on the bNet stations and was the 5th most played song on the bNet stations in 2003. "Danger" was re-issued as a bonus track on Time Is Not Much. and remixed by Manuel Bundy on Solephonics records. Ladi6 was nominated for Best Vocalist/MC at the 2003 bNet Awards and Verse 2 won a bNet Award for Best New Act in 2003. Verse Two supported international acts such as The Roots, De La Soul, 50 Cent, Gil Scott Heron, Erykah Badu, Jhene Aiko and Digable Planets.
The current line-up of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her award-winning producer partner Parks, and Producer keyboardist Brandon Haru. Also, an important and vital member of the group is Steve Roberts, their sound technician. Ladi6 has been called "New Zealand's answer to Erykah Badu".
Ladi6 evolved with dance crew "The Sixxes", a group consisting of Pasifika and Māori women. They create an inclusive and representative female presence on every stage they perform on.
Ladi6 has advocated for many health campaigns and has helped to profile certain issues by speaking out on social media.
She appeared on Songs From the Inside in 2015 alongside Troy Kingi, MC Scribe and Anika Moa, mentoring incarcerated women in Christchurch Women's Prison in songwriting.
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Ladi6
Karoline Fuarosa Park-Tamati MNZM (born 7 November 1982), known professionally as Ladi6, is a New Zealand recording artist of Samoan descent. She spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album Time Is Not Much debuted at number 4 on the New Zealand Top 40 Album chart. and her second album The Liberation Of... debuted at number 6 and was certified gold. Her single "Like Water" was certified platinum in June 2011. She has won many awards, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards, the 2011 Taite Music Prize, and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. The current line-up of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her partner Parks (a.k.a. Brent Park) and Julien Dyne.
Ladi6 was a spokesperson for the Not Our Future anti-smoking campaign. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music. In 2023, she received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.
Ladi6 was born in Christchurch on 7 November 1982, and raised in that city. She grew up in the eastern suburb of Aranui. Her family moved to Africa for a year and a half when she was a teenager, where she says she first started to write songs and play guitar. After she returned to Christchurch in the mid-1990s, she started her entertainment career as a break dancer. When she was 16 she formed her all-elements hip-hop crew which evolved into New Zealands first all-female hip-hop music group, Sheelahroc, with Sarah Tamaira (a.k.a. Voodoo Child) and Tyra Hammond in May 1998. Sheelahroc released the hit single "If I Gave U Th' Mic" and won Most Promising New Act at the 2001 bNet Music Awards.
After Sheelahroc broke up, Ladi6 went on to form Verse Two with Parks (Brent Park), Julien Dyne, Markus Vanilau, Elia Gaitau, Vanessa Mcgowan, DJ 4130, Matipi Turua, Redford Grenell, Vanessa Mcgowan, Nick Robertson (Shapeshifter) as well as a variety of guest musicians including MC Scribe. They released the singles "Danger" and "Gold" (featuring her cousin Scribe and produced by Mu of Fat Freddy's Drop). "Gold" went to Number 1 on the NZ Alternative charts in its first week of play on the bNet stations and was the 5th most played song on the bNet stations in 2003. "Danger" was re-issued as a bonus track on Time Is Not Much. and remixed by Manuel Bundy on Solephonics records. Ladi6 was nominated for Best Vocalist/MC at the 2003 bNet Awards and Verse 2 won a bNet Award for Best New Act in 2003. Verse Two supported international acts such as The Roots, De La Soul, 50 Cent, Gil Scott Heron, Erykah Badu, Jhene Aiko and Digable Planets.
The current line-up of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her award-winning producer partner Parks, and Producer keyboardist Brandon Haru. Also, an important and vital member of the group is Steve Roberts, their sound technician. Ladi6 has been called "New Zealand's answer to Erykah Badu".
Ladi6 evolved with dance crew "The Sixxes", a group consisting of Pasifika and Māori women. They create an inclusive and representative female presence on every stage they perform on.
Ladi6 has advocated for many health campaigns and has helped to profile certain issues by speaking out on social media.
She appeared on Songs From the Inside in 2015 alongside Troy Kingi, MC Scribe and Anika Moa, mentoring incarcerated women in Christchurch Women's Prison in songwriting.