@TIPENE MUSIC
new release
“The best protest we can do right now is be Māori, be who we are, live our values, speak our reo, care for our mokopuna.”
- Kīngi Tūheitia at Tūrangawaewae Marae Jan 20, 2024
We come from a world where your word is your bond, your word had mana and we stood by what we said. 184 years ago we had Te Tīriti with the Crown promising that our Taonga would be protected, this still hasn’t been honored. In 2024, our current government are now threatening to eradicate everything Māori including Te Tīriti.
“Ka whawhai tonu mātou, ake ake ake!
“We will fight on forever, for as long as it takes!”
-The Battle of Orākau Pā, Kihikihi, 1864
TIPENE
Tipene, hailing from Aotearoa, NZ, is considered one of Aotearoa’s leading bilingual Hip-Hop artists with an uplifting message deeply rooted in Te Ao Māori(Māori Worldview).
In just over a decade-long career, Tipene has quietly amassed over 14 million streams across 3 studio albums, is a two-time APRA Silver Scroll top 5 Finalist, 2 time winner of “Best Māori Hip-Hop album, had multiple NZ charting singles, and over 100,000 online followers.
Tipene is most known for his debut track “West Side Hori” an autobiography of Tipene which earned him his first APRA Silver Scroll finalist nomination and the Remix featuring Sid Diamond and Sir T at 9 million streams across Youtube and Spotify.
His latest project “We No Muck Around” released through LOOP in Dec 2022, has so far generated 350k online streams and 3 music videos shot by award winning Videographer Shae Stirling. Tipene toured with L.A.B on summer tour in Tauranga, Hawke’s Bay and Whangarei playing to around 40k people in attendance.
In 2019, Tipene became an ambassador for Māori Music, won the award for “Best Maori Urban Artist 2019” won ““Best HipHop Album 2023” and has been a finalist for multiple Waiata Māori Music Awards including consecutive nominations for Best Solo Māori Male, Best Music Video by a Māori Artist, Best Song by a Māori artist and Best Māori Songwriter and Best Hip Hop Album
International Support
Joe Walsh(The Eagles)
The Wailers(Bob Marley)
Bone Thugs N Harmony
NZ Artists Support
2 x National Album Tours
L.A.B . Katchafire . The Black Seeds . Summer Thieves
Scribe . Sammy J . Stan Walker . Che Fu . DLT. Savage HP Boyz . Troy Kingi
NZ Festivals
SPLORE, RaggaMuffin Road Show, Exodus
East Coast Vibes
Waitangi Day Celebrations
World Indigenous Tattoo Festival
Waiata Māori Music Awards
Summer Frequencies
Newtown Festival
Music Collaborations
Che Fu . Scribe . Maisey Rika . Troy Kingi . Mareko
Chong Nee . Tyna Keelan . DLT . Upper Hutt Posse
Dam Native . Sid Diamond . 10A . Majic Pāora
Fortafy . SickDrumz
Christchurch Hip-Hop Summit 2023
Tipene performing at SXSW Sydney w Aotearoa house 2023
Tipene & DJ Jayrasik LAB Summer Tour 2023
Heritage Trail Album Tour 2021
WMMA Best Māori Urban Artist, 2019
WMMA Best Māori Hip-Hop Album, 2023
Album Releases
Tautoko Album 2019
Heritage Trail 2021
We No Muck Around 2022
2 National Album Tours NZ 2019, 2022
14 Million streams across digital platforms
7 Singles Charting in NZ Top 20
NZ Music Commission Mentor in Schools
APRA Silver Scroll Top 5 finalist
West Side Hori 2013
Waiata Māori Music Awards FINALIST: 2019,2021, 2023
Best Māori Male Solo Artist x3
Best Video by Māori Artist
Best Māori Songwriter x2
Best Song by a Māori Artist
Sync Web series 'Kura' TV On Demand 'West Side Hori'
8 Self Directed Music Videos (5.2M)
Tipene has notable collaborations with Chē Fu, Troy Kingi, Scribe, Maisey Rika, DLT, DAM Native, Sid Diamond, Mareko, Pieter T and more. Top NZ producers P-Money, Chong Nee(Dei Hamo, PT), SickDrumz(Rhianna, Lil Wayne), 10A(Kings, Scribe, King Kapisi) and Juse(SmashProof, TY, Sid Diamond).
Tautoko (2019)
Won - Best Hip-Hop Album
WMMA Finalist:
Best Māori Male
Best Music Video
Best Māori Songwriter
ARPA Silver Scroll Top 5
Produced by Tipene
Empire Records NZ/Native Niche
TIPENE - BELIEVERS
MUSIC VIDEO BY SHAE STIRLING
TIPENE - WE NO MUCK AROUND
MUSIC VIDEO BY SHAE STIRLING
TIPENE - FREEDOM
MUSIC VIDEO BY SHAE STIRLING
youth
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..
Te Paea Seasons and Chance “C33Y” Haddon have been working closely with Tipene for 2 years and both produced their own albums which were released Dec 2, 2023 which they performed to a sold out crowd in Whitianga.
Te Paea Seasons
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.
Chance ‘C33Y’ Haddon
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.
Karen McLeod Photography
Karen McLeod Photography
Karen McLeod Photography