HedLok - LEEDS 22ND AUG

Looking forward to this. See you there!

HedLok - SHEPHERDS BUSH 21 AUG

Yes - like the poster says :D Come join us and celebrate!

HEDLOK GIG: Friday 27 July NELSON (NZ)

GIG: Saturday 21 July Christchurch (NZ)

GIG: Friday 20 July WESTPORT (NZ)

Gig: FDKNS Reunion 30th June 2012

Thats us this Saturday night at The Studio on K'Rd! Come celebrate with the FDKNS Family WORD

June Australian Dates - 22nd &23rd

Come join us as we continue the celebrations with our people worldwide - 50 Years Ya'll! First we hit Sydney on the 22nd June at the Collector Hotel in Parramatta

and then we hit Melbourne the next day at Teez Lounge.

See you there!

Celebrating 50 Year Anniversary!

Fresh off the plane from Samoa this week, HEDLOK played for the second time in Samoa, this time celebrating 50 years of Independence.  The first time we hit Samoa was at last years celebration of Independence, so what an honour to be asked to represent with our people for this years monumental occasion?!?

Coupled with the biggest concert ever in Samoa, we opened alongside local acts Tamauli and Ben Vai's band for English Reggae stalwarts, UB40.

Big ups to all the staff from BlueSky and Aggie Greys for looking after us! Also shout outs to Ray from X Bar - thanks for everything Uso.   And to the people of Samoa listening to all 50,000 of you singing Screems = Priceless. WORD.

GIG - Saturday 16th June

The first time we are playing in Aotearoa with our sound system set up that has only been heard in France...  Come along for a taste of my next album drop - Hip Hop Lives Here. See you there!

NEW RELEASE: Scalper Butchers Bakers

Always coming at you with the freshest, illest beats and lyrics. Scalper has released his latest album to the masses so they can get a clue.  Consciousness delivered to you in gritty grimey beat grinding flow, Butchers Bakers will not disappoint loyal followers of Scalper and pick up new heads to his way of thinking.  You can catch a copy here and watch down a television interview here. WORD.

GIG: THE BOOM BAP - Rakinos

Friday 27 April @ Rakinos

The Boom Bap means just that! Experience a killer night orchestrated by UK's DJ Hudge founder of the BOOM BAP UK and fresh from London.  Expect Golden Era Hip Hop, Rare Breaks and B-Boy Funk with guests King Kapisi and Dylan C. Doors 9pm, $10 on the door. Rakinos, Auckland (NZ).

Tiny Toones this Week

They have made it to our shores! Excited much? Please get along and support a worthy movement. Their show is from 7.30pm-9.30pm at Auckland Girls Grammar - 14 Howe Street, Freemans Bay Auckland. DOPE. Tickets here.

Help Bring Tiny Toones to NZ!

Pledge Here People!
A group of talented people utilising Hip-Hop to take children off the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. You can help support to bring them to Aotearoa by pledging a small or large donation on the link above.WORD.

Launch: Overdue Magazine, PS3, Two Singles & Two Music Videos

Hmmm... that blog title sounds like it needs 'and a partridge in a pear tree'.
It was a dope night - big ups and thanks to our entire production team, the PS3 peeps dropping Tekken Hybrid and the winner of the tournament on the night.  Also thanks to Cosh Bar for hosting this monumental event and to Jameson's for the support... how many rappers you know roll like this?


We are taking a small-ish break over December and January to finish the long awaited Hip-Hop Lives Here Album ready for launch in March 2012.  This will be accompanied with the book of artworks and a DVD of all the music videos off the album. This is gonna be a goody.

We have also launched our webstore finally - same address - www.plantationstore.co.nz with Overdue Magazine being released quarterly to coincide with the release of each season's designs. We are working towards the range for women, children, toddlers and babies in early 2012.

You can also purchase music on CD from Tha Feelstyle, my album, Dominant Species and a samoan folk album by my sister, Natasha.  Yes you read right.

Shall we look at pictures from the launch night ay? WORD.

The audience impressed with our comedy routine...hahaha.

Our band, Te Whainoa Te Wiata, Pos Mavaega, Phil Crown, Dee Letoa and Mark Baynes.

Getting down to the finals!

Crowd amongst the tournament.

Tanya from Pacific Underground, a brother from Ayebro & Shirl'e Sagala.

Our comedy routine on stage!

Which player shall I chose?

My man Tyree giving it Tekken a good go, in deep concentration.

Cosh was so packed people were watching the music videos from outside the bar!

FREE GIG! Thursday 24th November - Auckland NZ

Just like this wordy poster says - come and celebrate with us!   We have both been mad busy all year, and this could possibly be our last band gig for the year as we all work our own solo projects too. 

Event                King Kapisi Release Party

Event Date       Thursday 24^th November 2011

Venue              Cosh Bar, 153 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

Doors Open     8pm (arrive at 7pm to register for the PS3 Tekken Hybrid Battles)

Band                10pm

Entry                 Free

You are cordially invited to join King Kapisi and his seven piece band The Overstayers celebrate the release of two music videos and brand new magazine Overdue created by his clothing label, Overstayer.

Supporting this momentous event, RedBull will be entertaining people with the Hummer Soundsystem on the street pre-performance and Playstation 3 will be running Tekken Hybrid Battles with the winner taking home a PS3 Console.

While in the Cook Islands earlier this year, Kapisi shot two music videos. Eco-conscious Hip-Hop reggae track Salvation was released in February. The second clip shot on the beautiful island of Rarotonga was Clap Your Hands featuring the infectious warmth of the locals and visitors to the island as well as Miss South Pacific 2010-11, Joyana Meyer.

The second video clip to be released on the night is the anthemic Won’t Stop, Can’t Stop’ featuring Teremoana Rapley with the beat produced by the Beat collective known as B.A.S (Better Ask Somebody) consisting of the talents of David Atai (Nesian Mystik beatmaker), Tenei Kesha (beatmaker for Scribe’s last album) and Mase Mihinnick (MTC beatmaker). Rapley’s vocals have featured on a number on Kapisi’s tracks over the rappers career, however this is the first time she has appeared on a music video with Kapisi in over 12 years.

Also being launched on the night is Overdue Magazine.  Initially the idea was to create a look book for Overstayer Clothing.  However, the end product of hundreds of hours of labour is a magazine featuring creative heads from around the world that either Kapisi, Rapley or one of the writers who are also their friends are familiar with or related to.  Not your usual magazine, content reigns over advertisers.

This will be the fourth time King Kapisi and The Overstayers have played together in New Zealand since making the trek to the UK earlier this year to play at one of the country’s largest outdoor events, The Glastonbury Festival. 

The Overstayers is made up of standalone artists. Covering drums and vocals is Dee Letoa (Cydel), guitar and vocals Te Whainoa Te Wiata (Cornerstone Roots), on the keys is Mark Baynes (Ironic Trio) and Phil Crown (Ardijah), Pos Mavaega (ex-Christchurch based Pacific Underground Arts Company) and Teremoana Rapley on turntables and vocals.

All of this goodness is happening at The Cosh Bar on Thursday night from 8pm onwards with the band hitting the stage at 10pm. Do come on down and celebrate with us, we would love to see you there!