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Hailing from Melbourne’s Western Suburbs, Craigiewave is a refreshing new voice to rise from the city’s underground music scene — proudly wearing his Polynesian heritage, his heart and his individuality on his sleeve.
With roots in hip-hop, Craigiewave has spent the last few years honing a sound that transcends traditional rap tropes, trading them for a variety of global sounds and influences that span across UK Garage, House, Grime and Hyperpop.
Craigie uses his music to subvert the social norms that might be used to box in a young Polynesian artist in Australia. Sonically and stylistically Craigie is something an outlier within his community, documenting his growth as an artist and as an individual through music and touching on a diverse range of topics like family, identity, vulnerability and sexuality.
