ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop History

First Native Hawaiian Rapper on Wax | Lionel Wright

PBS Hawaiʻi Season 2 Episode 2

In 1991, MC Lionel Wright and his crew, Club Rox Rock, released one of Hawai‘i’s first rap CDs, Hyped, Dope, Def & Direct. We learn more about the Papakolea, Honolulu native and what rapping was like in the early years of Hawai‘i Hip-Hop.

Alanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop History

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