maitreya's blog...

Hailing from Christchurch New Zealand maitreya is an MC with a mood and a message to renew the faith of Hip Hop heads worldwide. His soulful melodies punctuated by tight, head nodding beats and rhymes made him the first ever hip hop artist to crowd-source US$50,000 to record his debut solo album Close To Home.

The album is a journey through sound into the tragedies and victories of an everyday hero who has taken his craft from Christchurch, New Zealand to stages in New York, Hong Kong, London and Amsterdam.

So dig out your De La Soul, cue up your Lupe Fiasco, slap on some Streets and they will all be in good company... you'll recognize the emotional honesty and depth, but like all great artists... maitreya does it his way.

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Mon May 11

On da road again…

What up!!

Just wanted to check in and let ya know I’m on the road for a few weeks.. had a wicked gig last week in Camden, London at the Lockside Lounge, much love to all who came and to Dan the Govna and all the staff at Lockside!

Im in Lisbon, Portugal right now to produce the NEARFIELD album with Alexx, Sylvie, Misty Mayhem, Pedro the great, Dave Pemberton, Hugo and Paula.. its a wicked family of artists and we hope to create some magic over the coming week or two out here.

Then Im hitting New York.. if your in The City, hit me up, I’m there a week and then back to NZ to finish the Production on the Nearfield album and continue with the release of Close To Home. BEEN AROUND is the third single of the album out in NZ and has just hit #2 on the KIWI FM Charts! You can vote for it here.. let’s take it to Number One!

Have a great week!

Love & Light, m