Tipene is a prominent Hip-Hop artist from Hawkes Bay, NZ, recognised as one of Aotearoa’s leading bilingual artists. His music is deeply rooted in Te Ao Māori, delivering uplifting messages that resonate widely.
He first gained attention with his debut track "West Side Hori," which earned him an APRA Silver Scroll finalist nomination, and his remix featuring Sid Diamond and Sir T has amassed over 9 million streams. His debut album, “Tautoko”, showcased collaborations with notable artists like Prince Tui Teka, Scribe, and Chē-Fu, winning him the award for Best Māori Urban Artist in 2019.
Over a decade, Tipene has built an impressive career with over 15 million streams across three studio albums and multiple national tours. He has been a finalist for two APRA Silver Scrolls.
As an ambassador for Māori music since 2019, Tipene has received multiple nominations at the Māori Music Awards, including Best Māori Songwriter and Best Music Video. His landmark 2021 album, “Heritage Trail”, set new standards for bilingual Hip-Hop, while his 2022 project, “We No Muck Around”, won him another award for Best Māori Hip-Hop Album and saw significant streaming success.
Tipene recently performed at the Pacific Music Awards and the Māori Music Awards with a full band and is currently working on his fourth studio album, “Heritage Trail 2", set for release in late 2024.
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PERFORMANCE AT 20TH PACIFIC MUSIC AWARDS
TIPENE RELEASES TRACK FEATURING MĀORI KING
TOITŪ TE REO - HAWKES BAY
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Tautoko (2019) Empire Records
Winner: Best Māori Hip-Hop Album
Finalist:
Best Māori Male
Best Music Video by Māori Artist
Best Māori Songwriter
ARPA Silver Scroll Top 5
Executive Producer: Tipene
Music Produced by SickDrumz
Juse, Zombeatz, AdZe & Tipene
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WMMA Best Māori Urban Artist, 2019
WMMA Best Māori Hip-Hop Album, 2023
Nominated Finalist
Best Māori Male Solo Artist x3
2x APRA Silver Scroll Top 5 finalist
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'West Side Hori Remix “KURA”
Kupe “Hui Hoppers”
Tipene has notable collaborations with Chē Fu, Troy
Kingi, Scribe, Maisey Rika, DLT, DAM Native, Sid
Diamond, Mareko, Pieter T, Tyna Keelan, Lion Rezz,
Horomona Horo, Te Kahu Rolleston and more.
Top NZ producers SickDrumz(Rhianna, Lil Wayne),
10A(Kings, Scribe, JessB), P-Money(Scribe), Chong
Nee(Dei Hamo, PT) and Juse(SmashProof, TY, Sid
Diamond)
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Chance Haddon aka C33Y(23yrs) is a Hip-Hop artist of Ngāti Ruanui descent originally from Whanganui, raised in Whitianga. Chance has a classic old school soul to his writing with a new skool flow able to speak on his life experiences through to club bangers and summer anthems. Chance has been writing his own music from the age of 16 and just completed recording his first E.P(6 tracks) titled “Find Your Way” about his journey through school, his dream to pursue music and recently becoming a young father. Chance has recently won “Emerging Artist Under 25” at the Māori Music Awards announced on New Years Eve 2023.
Tipene has a BA in Education and has been a youth mentor for 17 years working in hard to reach communities, Kura Kaupapa, secondary schools, youth justice and adult learners largely through his various teaching roles and also mentoring in schools program through the NZ Music Commission.
Tipene’s main passions are people, Māori culture and music. He has managed to combine all of these passions to create ‘Poutama Music’ which involves self expression, self determination while developing self confidence and cultural connection.
Tipene is currently facilitating Poutama Music in Whitianga developing young talents into future leaders. Read..
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Te Paea Seasons(21 yrs) is a soul R&B singer songwriter of Ngāi Te Rangi descent originally from Tauranga Moana, raised in Whitianga. Te Paea has a very broad style from afro pop and acoustic RnB to rapping socially conscious messages over modern trap beats. Te Paea comes from a Kapa Haka background and singing in school bands to a confident young artist who has been working on her fist E.P “Seasons” is available now on all streaming platforms: Listen on Spotify. Te Paea will be moving to Auckland in Jan 2024 to join the I AM HOPE team with Mike King sharing her story to inspire our youth to be resilient.
Te Paea Seasons
Chance ‘C33Y’ Haddon
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