Dei Hamo

aka Sani Sagala, Sane Sagala


Dei Hamo arrived in the first wave of New Zealand hip-hop during the late 80s. He helped popularise the new sounds coming out of South Auckland and created bridges by working with a wide range of artists from different backgrounds.

He was a key artist on the Proud and Pioneers of A Pacifikan Frontier compilations, but when this scene began to fade, he turned away from music for a few years before returning with a No.1 hit.

Nathan Haines and the Enforcers, Auckland Town Hall, July 1994 with Sani Sagala AKA Dei Hamo on vocals/raps
Dei Hamo - We Gon' Ride live on Top of the Pops
Dei Hamo ft. J Chong Nee - This Is My Life music video (2005)
Dei Hamo - LYKA TEEN music video (2009)
Matty J feat Dei Hamo - Somewhere You're There music video (1994)
Dei Hamo - International Whirl Rocker performed live on Mai Time
Dei Hamo - Hold U Down music video (2010)
Dei Hamo - To Tha Floor music video (2004)
bKIDD ft. Dei Hamo - SMILE official music video (2024)
Dei Hamo at The Big Day Out, 2006
Photo credit: Gareth Shute collection
We Gon Ride (2004)
This Is My Life (2005)
Dei Hamo - 4221 music video dir. Ali Cowley (2010)
Daryn Karaitiana, Kevin Field, Nathan Haines, Sani Sagala on the Shift Left tour, Queenstown, 1995
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Grigg
Manuel Bundy, Nathan Haines, Sani Sagala on the Shift Left tour, Queenstown, 1995
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Grigg
Dei Hamo
Photo credit: Gareth Shute collection
Dei Hamo at the Hip Hop Summit
Photo credit: Gareth Shute collection
Dei Hamo ft. Tim Finn - Cry Again music video (2005)
Dei Hamo - We Gon' Ride
Nathan Haines ft. Sani Sagala - Lady J (1995)
Cry Again, with Tim Finn (2002)
Labels:

Urban Pacifika Records


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Universal

Trivia:

Since becoming a music video director, Sani has created videos for Pieter T, Devolo, and Smashproof (as well as videos for Deach and Tyree’s solo projects).

Six of the tracks on Dei Hamo’s album First Edition were produced in collaboration with John Chong-Nee, who was a member of AKA Brown back in the days of Urban Pacifika. Dei Hamo also guested on Chong-Nee’s album Just Getting By On Love (2006).

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