gigs :: Upper Hutt Posse in Australia!

Photos: (top) The cover of New Zealand/Aotearoa's first hip hop release 'E Tu' by Maori crew Upper Hutt Posse in 1988, and (below) still strong is poet Te Kupu and his Upper Hutt Posse hip hop family in 2007.

New Zealand’s most influential hip hop act - Maori crew Upper Hutt Posse - is joining Melbourne’s Combat Wombat at Ding Dong to play a solidarity jam for the indigenous people of the Northern Territory. UHP rose to fame cutting the first ever NZ hip hop release in ‘88, and are now finally bringing their powerful hip hop haka back to Australia in disgust of what’s going on in the NT. Don’t miss this one-off gig that includes a showcase screening of UHP frontman Te Kupu’s rapumentaries: hip hop infused documentaries that travel the heartbeat of ghettoes in places like Cape Town, Mexico City, Detroit and Paris.

When: 8pm, Thursday 11 October
Where: Ding Dong Lounge, Level 1/18 Market Lane, Chinatown, Melbourne
Who: Combat Wombat, Upper Hutt Posse, Uber Lingua DJs + Ngaatahi: Know The Links rapumentary screening
Cost: $12 full/$10 conc