Raiza Biza returns to Whanganui after latest release A Summer in Retrograde
9 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Raiza Biza is set to play an early evening set at Porridge Watson on April 11. Photo / Tom Grut
Raiza Biza is set to play an early evening set at Porridge Watson on April 11. Photo / Tom Grut
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Rwandan-Kiwi rapper Raiza Biza will be performing in Whanganui this weekend, in support of his latest album, A Summer in Retrograde. It s his first full length since last year s Grand Opening, Grand Closing, and features
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Raiza Biza, AMA (Aotearoa Music Awards 2020) Hip Hop album of the year nominee for Grand Opening, Grand Closing has now released his latest project. A Summer In Retrograde featuring Christopher El Truento, Hollie Smith, Beau Monga and fellow BLKCITY members Blaze The Emperor and Mo Muse.
Rwandan-Kiwi rapper Raiza Biza has hustled a name for himself; built on relentless hard work, passion and perseverance.Building from the ground up, he has generated a worldwide following that has supported over five albums, and collaborations with Oddisee, Black Milk, Sampa Tha Great, Melodownz, Illbaz, Estere, The Adults, Black Milk, REMI, and countless other talents.
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Raiza Biza is getting it done in 2021 with his brand new album
A Summer In Retrograde, which hasn t left the office stereo since we put it on this morning. Packing eight tracks of club-bumping smooth grooves and the Hamilton artist s flawless flow into a lean 25 minutes,
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Within recent years the names Raiza Biza, JessB, Abdul Kay, Blaze The Emperor and Mo Muse have become synonymous with Aotearoa’s simmering hip hop scene. Last year, after recording Raiza Biza’s ‘Funds Pt. II’ remix together, they performed live together for the first time. It was then, during JessB’s end-of-2019 Northern Bass set, that the rappers realised that the energy and music they had created deserved more than just one track.
In July the group shared high-energy track ‘Flying’ for the first time under the name BLKCITY, collecting almost 400,000 streams to date. They followed with ‘Salsa’ in December. Less than a year after their first official release, and with only two singles out, they’ve landed on several tastemaker playlists, including Spotify’s Beats n’ Bars.