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.

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

Tangata Records


Festival


FMR


Quabax Wax

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".

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