King Kapisi

Artist King Kapisi aka Bill Urale was the first Polynesian hip-hop artist to receive the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll Award for Songwriter of the Year for his single 'Reverse Resistance' in 1999. Both King Kapisi's albums, 'Savage Thoughts' (released 2000) and '2nd Round Testament' (released 2003) were released in Australia with local sales hitting the gold status mark. Kapisi also achieved gold with his single 'U Can't Resist Us' featuring Che Fu in 2003.

The award winning artist was nominated for 13 awards at the 2001 New Zealand B.Net Awards and took home seven of the prizes including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Music Video. His visually striking music videos, some of which have been directed by him, have also won numerous awards including Flying Fish Music Video Awards, Mai Time TVNZ and Juice TV.

King Kapisi has performed alongside Janet Jackson, Moby, Black Eyed Peas, Beastie Boys, Michael Franti & Spearhead and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more. King Kapisi has performed and gigged at almost every major music festival and event in New Zealand as well as tours to Australia, Japan, Fiji, Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa and in the past two years touring extensively in Canada, Germany, Ireland, England, Norway and the USA.

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