Rawiri James
RāViewz: Film & TV | November 2021
With a focus on addiction, superheroes and stories of colour, here's what Rāwiri is watching this month... Eternals (2021), Marvel...
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Rawiri James
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Behind the Lyric: Zero Gravity
Deep in my album Lost Boy sits a rap ballad that makes the teenage version of me smile. Part Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, part Eminem, this song...
Rawiri James
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
Behind the Lyric: Kill The Music!!
In 2006, one of the greatest street poets, the illlmatically talented Nas, declared that hip-hop was dead. Although I didn't want it to...
Rawiri James
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
Behind the Lyric: #NeverGrowUp
I can't remember exactly which came first - the title of this song, or the title of the album. Regardless, the Peter Pan allegory that...
Rawiri James
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Sober, Shameless and the Seven Year Itch
A couple of months ago I started watching the HBO series of (US) Shameless, which tells the story of the Gallaghers - a poor family from...
Rawiri James
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
RāViewz: Film & TV | May 2021
With a focus on addiction, superheroes and stories of colour, here's what Rāwiri is watching this month... Starstruck (2021), BBC Three,...
Rawiri James
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Behind the Lyric: Trust The One You Wit'
The first time I stepped into a proper recording studio, I was 19 years old. I was a student of NZ's Film & Television School and our...
Rawiri James
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Behind the Lyric: Trip The Alarm
Nobody was more surprised than I was to find themselves detoxing from alcohol and drugs at the ripe old age of 27. Nobody. I had a great...
Rawiri James
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Mixed Feelings: My meet cute with Alcohol
When I reminisce about my 14-year relationship with Alcohol, I get nostalgic. I can recall our first proper meeting. I can still remember...
Rawiri James
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
RāViewz: Film & TV | Feb 2021
With a focus on addiction, superheroes and R&B/hip-hop, here's what Rawiri is watching this month... Soul (2020), Disney+ Released...
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