Ladi6
Ladi6 (born Karoline Tamati, 7 November 1982 in Christchurch, New Zealand,) is a 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 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 (a.k.a. Brent Park) and Julien Dyne. Ladi6 has been called "New Zealand's answer to Erykah Badu".
Ladi6 is a spokesperson for the Not Our Future anti-smoking campaign.
Early life, Sheelahroc & Verse Two
Ladi6 was born and raised in Christchurch, but her family moved to Africa for a year and a half when she was a teenager. This is where she says she first started to write and play music. After she returned to Christchurch in the mid 90's, she started her entertainment career as a break dancer. When she was 16 she formed her first music group, Sheelahroc, with her cousin Tyra Hammond and Sarah Tamaira (a.k.a. Voodoo Child) in May 1999. Sheelahroc released the hit single If I Gave U Th' Mic and won the award for Most Promising New Act at the 2001 bNet Music Awards.
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ALBUMS
- Automatic released: 2013
- The Liberation Of… released: 2011
- Time Is Not Much released: 2008
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Bang Bang
by: Ladi6Ba ba da ba ba-ba ba x8
Where you been all my life
Tryna change wrong for right
Tryna aid those in the fight
Soul search alive forever
Even though I know it's hard
Against the grain gonna leave you scarred
This is not a condolence card
This is just to let you know
That I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it you can, you can, you can too
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it, you can, you can, you can too
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it, you can too
If I can feel it you can, you can, you can too
Bang bang bang they fall down
Who's gonna pick em up now
Who's gonna dust em off
Feed the fire, burn the flame, if you release the rise
And they're losing
Against the system, losing
Against the ones who rule the world
Who have to defy to make a difference
Who they gonna run to
When they are in trouble
Who they gonna run to
Who they gonna turn to
They gonna turn to
I want to
I wanna be the one
I wanna be the one
I wanna stand here
I wanna stand and fight
For their lives, their lives, their lives
Who they gonna run to
Who's gonna fight for them
I wanna fight
I wanna fight