ArtistInfo

Upper Hutt Posse

Band, *1985 NZ
Hip-Hop/Rap

Upper Hutt Posse (UHP) is a musical band in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The progenitors of Hiphop music in the South Pacific originally formed as a four piece reggae group in 1985, the Posse emerged at the forefront of the local response to emerging rap culture. Their unique fusion of rap and reggae (in both English and Māori languages) has been an inspirational injection into the national music scene, and a powerful vehicle for their revolutionary socio-political perspectives. Influenced primarily by socio-politically conscious reggae and rap music, from Bob Marley to Gil Scott-Heron to Public Enemy. The band name is derived from Upper Hutt, the city in which they formed.

Members

	Teremoana Rapley voc
	Emma Paki voc *1968 NZ
	Dean Hapeta
	George Hubbard
	Matt Hapeta
	Darryl Thomson
	Aaron Thompson
	Bennett Pomana
	Steve Rameka