Hip-hop summit

Does anyone know whether an international has been confirmed and who it is? If not, are there any rumours?

Good things come to those who wait...

I heard a rumour but I dare not speak on it lest I ruin it.

Its gonna be cool anyway whoever comes, if its anything like last years

can't wait

any idea when its on??

First weekend of October - 5 to the 7th?

im flying up from chch for that shit so they better have someone real dope, im just hoping that with the recent hip hop explosion they wont bring a "crowd pleaser", just some real shit to get the head noding.

Yeah, I'm driving up from Wellington for it.
Can't wait. ]

Ka Pai, Tino Pai.

Great to hear people are travelling from all over NZ to come to the summit.

Yah for sure. ]

Said on m2 news last night that the summit was on the 4th and 5th of October btw. ]

I have my ideas on who the touring act is..

Would I be wrong in assuming it could be Sage Francis? Sage is touring OZ one day before Hiphop summit. But it could be someone else.

Just like to keep ya'll on your feet!

that would be cool.

Yea wicked! any Welli biggies headin up for it and have room in the car E-mail me at garlicksarah@hotmail.com, I can provide a place to stay.

Here's the official word to date on this year's Summit. Stay tuned, the international guests will be announced later on this week...

The 2002 Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit will be held at The Edge in Auckland on October 4th & 5th. With a widespread schedule of activities running throughout the Aotea Centre, Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Square, the two day event will see both international and national hip hop artists showcasing all areas of the movement - DJing, MCing, street & aerosol art, and break dancing.


The 2002 Summit also boasts the strongest line-up of national hip hop musicians seen to date. Included throughout the programme will be appearances from some of the country’s most respected artists and future stars. Amongst those confirmed to appear are:

Che Fu & The Krates
Nesian Mystic
Footsouljahs
Dirty Records Showcase – featuring P-Money, Scribe, Unique & 4 Corners
Dubious Brothers
Deceptikonz
Ill Semantics
and many more

Programme Overview
New Zealand ITF Finals
Since it’s inception in 1997, the New Zealand ITF DJ Battle has grown to become the most respected and important event on the Aotearoa turntablist calendar. 10 turntablists from around the country will battle to be the 2002 NZ Champion, and the right to represent Aotearoa at the World Finals in Munich, Germany.Judges will include last year’s NZ champion P-Money (who will also perform host DJ duties), along with DJ Raw and more to be confirmed. This year’s finalists are as follows:

1. Abbot (Defending Champion) (Hastings)
2. CXL (Northern Regional Champion) (Auckland)
3. Manchoo (Auckland)
4. Mouli (Auckland)
5. Scratch 22 (Auckland)
6. Alphabethead (Southern Regional Champ) (Wellington)
7. Goosh (Wellington)
8. Kase (Wellington)
9. SL (Wellington)
10. South Island Regional Champion (tbc) (South Island)



Summit 3 On 3 Invitational Battle
Eight B-Boy/Girl breaking crews from around the country will battle to become the first Summit Invitational 3 On 3 Champions. With judging from an international guest who will also display their skills, the event will also feature all-star performances from a number of high profile national acts. The following top New Zealand crews have been selected to battle:

1. Qwik N Ezy (Auckland)
2. Faith City Rockers (Auckland)
3. Instance Movement (Auckland)
4. Blackout (Tauranga)
5. In N Out (Te Kuiti)
6. Rock It Up (Shannon)
7. ABC (Wellington)
8. Ground Control (Christchurch)


Aotea Outdoor Stage
Exposing new talent is a major part of The Summit. The outdoor stage will provide a platform for exciting new groups and give New Zealand a glimpse of our future headliners.

Disrupt The System Exhibition
Features work by Aotearoa’s top street artists, regardless of medium or concepts. The exhibition will include work by stencil artists, poster artists and street installation work by New Zealand artists with a hip hop component in their work, but not necessarily in spray paint or graffiti style.

Disrupt The System Outdoor Panels
This event revolves around a simple concept, an exchange of creative energy between painters from throughout Aotearoa and some of the most exceptional aerosol artists on the International scene.

Industry Panel Discussion
Featuring key note speeches from international guests, the panel will also focus on industry issues relevant to the hip hop community and music business in general, with panelists from leading industry groups.

B-Boy/B-Girl Workshops
Continuing the Summit’s objective of entertaining and educating, two workshops conducted by our international guest will focus on upskilling b-boys/girls from around the country.

Awesome, can't wait for that ITF final

ill hopefuly (maybe) hmm yeh hopefully probly go.. perhaps..

who's the international?

Toasted - you should ask Hingis

Keepin it on the downlow.

yeh thats the plan acornm

think i kno who it is..

looks cool.....I'll be interested to see who the internatty is.

Taken from www.hiphopnz.com forums. Check this site esp the Messageboards - best site reprazenting hip-hop in aotearoa.

The official announcement isnt till tommorrow, but heres the scoop for the hiphopnz peeps:

TAJAI - Souls Of Mischief
VIN ROC - Triple Threat DJ's, 1997 & 1998 World ITF Champion
APOLLO - Triple Threat DJ's, 1992 World DMC Champion

TAJAI - Souls Of Mischief
Tajai is best known as lead MC from the world famous Souls Of Mischief. From East Oakland, his career began when he was at high school in the early 90s, as part of underground hip-hop consortium known as Hieroglyphics, which also contains Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Casual and Pep Love. In 1993 Souls of Mischief released their debut album “93 Til Infinity.” Composed of eclectic samples & maintaining a funky laid-back vibe coupled with the energetic and boastful rap style of the Souls emcees, the hip hop world sat up and took notice. Souls Of Mischief have gone on to release several highly acclaimed albums, and Tajai is now developing his career as a solo artist.

VIN ROC
As both 1997 & 1998 World ITF Champion, Vin Roc is the only individual DJ ever to win back to back ITF world titles. From New Jersey, Vin Roc is a proud member of the DJ battle crew known as 5th Platoon, and first began DJing in 1987 at the age of ten. He has worked on projects that include cuts for Rasco, Peanut Butter Wolf, Fanatik, Planet Asia, as well as fellow turntablist Q-Bert’s full length feature release Wave Twister. Vin Roc has also performed alongside the likes of Bjork, X-ecutioners, Biz Markie, Pete Rock, Jurrassic 5, Grandmaster Flash, Pharcyde, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, KRS-1 and many more.

APOLLO
1992 DMC World Champion, Apollo first started his hip hop career as a graffiti artist, then as a breaker with the Star City Crew in 1984. He soon turned to the turntables and never looked back. His first mobile DJ crew was Unlimited Sounds. Next was TWS (Together With Style) along with Mixmaster Mike, with whom he is largely credited as having invented the art of band turntablism. Then came The Shadow and later FM20 featuring DJs Apollo, Mike, and QBert. They later helped form the West Coast chapter of the Rock Steady Crew which, by 1995, morphed into the legendary Invisibl Skratch Piklz. In 1993 Apollo became the DJ for Souls Of Mischief, and in 1995 was asked to join Branford Marsalis’ Buckshot LeFonque project. Apollo was also one of the founders of San Francisco’s Deco club’s “Beat Lounge”, and for the past few years has worked as part of the superstar DJ trio Triple Threat with Shortkut & Vin Roc.

more about the Graf and breaking internationals later this week including the legendary Los Angeles break dancer POE 1, along with graffiti artists COPE 2 and CES (both from New York), BATES (from Copenhagen) and EWOK (from Minnesota).

Yep - Vin Roc, Apollo and Tajai are all confirmed + here's the details of the other international guests for this year's Summit

Poe 1
Originally from Puerto Rico, Poe 1 started b-boying in 1981. In 1982 – 83, after travelling to the West Coast of the USA, he was introduced to a crew named Sidewalk Breakers. He became good friends with this crew and his US career began. Poe 1 has toured the world, performing in countries such as France, Germany, Japan and London. He is affiliated with both the Style Elements and Floor Rockers crews, and is also part of the Actual Force Dance Company in France. Poe has judged battles such as Battle of the Year and Freestyle Sessions.

Cope 2
Regarded as one of New York and the world’s most famous and respected writers, Cope has pushed himself and his peers hard in all aspects of Graffiti writing. He started the crew KD, or Kings Destroy, which is regarded as one of the top crews from NYC. Cope has shown his diversity in style over his 2 and a half decade painting career, bombing the streets, painting trains and also pushing his style by painting on most of the largest wall productions in New York.

Ces
Based in the Bronx, NYC, Ces is considered one of the style leaders and innovators of modern graffiti. He is a member of the world famous FX crew responsible for painting some of the world's largest and most detailed graffiti murals. His developments to the standard NY style wild letters have influenced writers in all parts of the world. Ces has developed a career spanning nearly 20 years, which initially began during the end of the NY subway movement. Ces made a move into Tattoo art in the early 90's, and has since made his living working from the Tuff City Tattoo studio in the Bronx.

Bates
Bates is one of the first known writers in Europe. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, his pieces are painted in the clean wildstyle of the New York pioneers, yet he has pushed the limits & now inspires wildstyle artists the world over. Bates began writing around 1983 and has maintained a consistent career in painting for nearly 20 years.

Ewok
Ewok is based in Minnesota and is a member of the AWR crew. His style is innovative and original. Ewok works as an art director for a well established skate company, creating graphics for skate boards.

Days
Days hails from Sydney, Australia. He started writing in 1988, & began focusing solely on graffiti in the mid 90's. In 2000 he travelled through Europe and the US and the graffiti works he saw there motivated him to take the art to an even higher level. Over the past few years he has carried out a variety of works including graffiti workshops, private canvases, custom airbrushing, illustration and large murals.

Shime
Shime has been painting for a few years in Australia, Europe, North America, and recently New Zealand.
At the present time he is focusing on canvas works/detailed wall painting and the development of line work with the spraycan. He is affiliated with the 21C crew in Australia, and the FBI crew in Europe.

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