Ladi6
Ladi6 is a recording artist of Samoan descent. She spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album Time Is Not Much debuted at numberon the New Zealand TopAlbum chart. and her second album The Liberation Of... debuted at numberand was certified gold. Her single Like Water was certified platinum in June 2011. She has won many awards, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards and Best UrbanHip Hop Album at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. The current lineup of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her partner Parks and Julien Dyne. Ladi6 has been called New Zealands answer to Erykah Badu.
Ladi6 was born and raised in Christchurch, but her family moved to Africa for a year and a half when she was a teenager. This is where she says she first started to write and play music. After she returned to Christchurch in the mid 90s, she started her entertainment career as a break dancer. When she wasshe formed her first music group, Sheelahroc, with her cousin Tyra Hammond and Sarah Tamaira in May 1999. Sheelahroc released the hit single If I Gave U Th Mic and won the award for Most Promising New Act at the 2001 bNet Music Awards.
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