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Melodownz [Ngāpuhi, Samoa, Pākehā] , Music Video – 2021
from the album Waiata/Anthems (2021)I never thought in a thousand years I'd be rapping in our indigenous tongue. It's almost as if our ancestors wanted that.– Melodownz, in an interview with Te Ao Māori News, 30 April 2021
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