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Ladi6

Ladi6 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Digable Planets, Jhené Aiko, Gil Scott-Heron, Erykah Badu and The Roots. Those roots explain a lot about how Ladi6 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Black Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Katchafire, Six60 and Kora, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Ladi6, reaching back through Digable Planets. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Karoline Fuarosa Park-Tamati, known professionally as Ladi6, is a New Zealand recording artist of Samoan descent. She spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album Time Is Not Much debuted at number 4 on the New Zealand Top 40 Album chart. and her second album The Liberation Of... debuted at number 6 and was certified gold. Her single "Like Water" was certified platinum in June 2011. She has won many awards, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards, the 2011 Taite Music Prize, and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. The current line-up of the wider Ladi6 group is Ladi6, her partner Parks and Julien Dyne.

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Ladi6Digable PlanetsJhené AikoGil Scott-HeronErykah BaduThe RootsDe La Soul50 CentThe Black SeedsFat Freddy's DropKatchafireSix60KoraShihadHome BrewGin Wigmore

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Ladi6 connections

Ladi6 grew out of Digable Planets, Jhené Aiko, Gil Scott-Heron and Erykah Badu, shares an orbit with The Black Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Katchafire and Six60. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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