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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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Wed Oct 7

European Summer Tour, July 2010!

Kia Ora!

The BIG news this month is that I’ve just begun selling tickets for an 11 date EUROPEAN SUMMER TOUR in July 2010!

Doing a full European Tour has always been a dream and as you know, I’m always tryna think of new ways to live my dreams! So… I’m pre-selling the tickets online through SellaBand.com.. genius!! Just go to www.sellaband.com/maitreyatour where you will find all the dates and info about the tour as well as tickets!

It’s gonna be maitreya and The Babysitters Club and we will be supported by 11 of my favourite SellaBand bands! I will be announcing those support acts over the coming weeks so stay tuned… there’s also VIP Backstage Passes and Tour T-Shirts, for the true hardcore maitreya fans out there.

So, come and grab ya ticket and let’s rock Europe next summer! Click on the banner above to purchase tickets.

In other news…

Check this out… PUBLIC ENEMY have just signed up to raise US$250,000 to record their next album with funding from fans on SellaBand.com!!

And a quick info leak for my peoples out there… my third New Zealand single SIN CITY ft. AWA (Nesian Mystik) is set for release real soon!

Love & Light, maitreya

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