NZMM presents The Uprising featuring one of New Zealand's iconic hip hop, entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer extraordinaire Che-Fu & The Kratez.
Doors open 10pm
$20.00 Door sales with $15.00 pre-sales available via undertheradar.co.nz
Spinning the finest tunes Manual Bundy has you covered from top to toe throughout the night.
It will be an intimate affair with The Rooftop Collective kick starting your evening with a tight set of dub, funk, & soul shoe scuffing, recent faces at the Scallop Festival along with Opensouls, TRC are gonna ready, set, go!
2 Each His Own, South Aucklands own is literally rapped to be playing alongside with Che Fu and the Kratez, Legends in the industry such as Che have been a big influence in the Hip Hop scene, it a privilege to be sharing the stage.
Che was a founding member of the legendary local band Supergroove. Responsible for a string of what have gone on to become classic kiwi anthems, Supergroove generated a staggering 6 Top 10 hits throughout the 90s.
Among the singles’, ‘Sitting inside my head’, ‘Can’t get enough’ and ‘You gotta know’. Che’s debut solo album ‘2b S.Pacific’ was released in 1997. ‘Chains’ went straight to number one on the New Zealand singles charts, and stayed there for 5 consecutive weeks. ‘Chains’ reached Platinum sales and was the landmark single that brought New Zealand Hip Hop to mass attention.
In 2001, Che released the follow-up album ‘Navigator’. ‘Navigator’ debuted at number one, stayed there for 3 successive weeks and achieved 4 times Platinum. It featured the singles ‘Fade away’, ‘Random’, and the APRA Silver Scroll winning ‘Misty frequencies’. Che Fu released ‘HI – Score : The Best Of Che-Fu’ August 25 2006. The ‘Best Of’ featured singles from Che’s three solo albums and well as four new tracks. One of these new releases ‘Chains Reloaded’ was a remix of his number one hit single ‘Chains’ and featured P-Money & Savage. ‘Chains Reloaded’ hit radio in July 2006, marking the 10 year anniversary of when the original ‘Chains’ debuted at number one in 1996.
In 2009 Che was presented the New Zealand Order of Merit by the Governor General. Che has had the most top 10 singles in New Zealand and has won most awards attainable in New Zealand and a handful internationally. In addition became the first ‘New Zealand Hologram’, performing with his hologram self at Vector Arena for TelstraClear.
See yall there..
