Story: United States and New Zealand

'Screems from da old plantation'

In this hip-hop music video King Kapisi, a New Zealand musician of Samoan ethnicity, combines American cultural influences and a Pacific setting. Hip-hop styles have been especially influential among younger members of New Zealand's Māori and Pasifika communities.

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Robert Ayson and Jock Phillips, 'United States and New Zealand - Trade, culture and people, 1985–', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/32911/screems-from-da-old-plantation (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Robert Ayson and Jock Phillips, published 20 Jun 2012