Considered the godfather of New Zealand hip hop, he says he's now old enough to accept the title. Born Darryl Thompson, DLT first got into hip hop as a 16-year-old, after reading an article about breakdancing in Time magazine. The collaboration with a young Che Fu was a massive hit, spending five weeks at number one. So that's what I saw when I first saw Che and that all led to the song." And that's exactly what he found when Che Fu joined him in the studio to record 'Chains'.

Source: Stuff May 27, 2023 09:10 UTC