King Kapisi

aka Bran Muffin, Bill Urale


Hip-hop MC King Kapisi (NZ-born Samoan Bill Urale) got his start in his hometown of Wellington, playing drums in bands while at Wellington High School.

His first time rapping onstage was guesting with Wellington group Noise N Effect, who would open up the mic at their gigs for all-comers.

King Kapisi & Teremoana Rapley performing Be Just Fine on FRESH TV Unplugged (2012)
Real Groove May, 2003
King Kapisi and Che Fu, 2001
King Kapisi and Teremoana Rapley hosting Fresh TV, Season 2 Ep. 8 (2012)
Tha Movement - MASTA featuring Poetik, MC Arme, SMV, King Kapisi, Mareko & Kas The Feelstyle (2018)
King Kapisi on religion and early missionaries in Samoa (2020)
King Kapisi - Stomping music video with animation by Mukpuddy (2003)
King Kapisi & Richard Nuuns - Safari music video (2011)
King Kapisi ft. Teremoana Rapley - Down Wit Da King music video (2015)
NZ Musician January 2000
King Kapisi - Salvation music video shot on location at Pacific Resort, Cook Islands (2011)
Auckland Museum LATE 01: King Kapisi and Ladi6 (2009)
Screems From Da Old Plantation
Lollipop
King Kapisi ft. Rakaa Iriscience - Crush music video (2013)
King Kapisi and Teremoana Rapley Profile interview for FRESH TV's 'My World' (2012)
King Kapisi ft. Teremoana Rapley - Won't Stop, Can't Stop music video (2011)
Real Groove, October 2004
King Kapisi - Clap Ya Hands music video shot on location in Rarotango, Cook Islands (2011)
King Kapisi
Gifted and Brown in 1992: MC AT, DJ Raw, Mara Finau, Bran Muffin AKA King Kapisi and Gerard Tahu
Photo credit: Photo by Phil Simpson
Lava, November 1999
U Can't Resist Us
King Kapisi interview for Ear To The Streets part 1 (2010)
King Kapisi - Raise Up official music video (2005)
Che-Fu & King Kapisi as "HedLok" in Queenstown/Wanaka (2011)
King Kapisi - Reverse Resistance music video (1999)
Trivia:

Kapisi is the Samoan word for cabbage.

‘Reverse Resistance’ won the APRA Silver Scroll in 1999, making King Kapisi the first hip-hop artist to win this award.

DJ Sir-Vere said of the 'Screems From Da Old Plantation' video: "Rarely have we seen an artist looking like they are having so much fun".

Labels:

Tangata Records


Festival


FMR


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