The Star: March 23, 2017

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Rappers face off in battle
• By Gabrielle Stuart
THERE IS one person Selwyn
Hose will not want to see in the
audience when he gets up on
stage this weekend – his mum.
He is one of the local rappers
preparing for the RedZone Live
Christchurch Rap Battle this
weekend, where they will face
off against others visiting from
around the country.
The rap battle is a way to
encourage up-and-coming
Christchurch hip hop talent.
But Hose, known in the hip
hop community as True, said
nothing will be safe from the
flying insults when the rap battle
starts – even his mother.
“My mum has heard some of
this stuff and she’s not impressed
. . . she’s like, why bring me into
it?”
But although the insults will
fly, he said there was more than
that to winning a rap battle.
The battle will have three
rounds and the winner of each
round will be judged based on
their flow, style, cadence and wittiness
of their lines, he said.
He said it took hours of preperation
– including hours spent
studying an opponent for their
weaknesses.
Music, rather than battle rap,
was his first love.
He writes and records around
his day job as a broadband cable
jointer.
But he’s loved rap since he was
about 10, and discovered a rap
cassette tape at his local op-shop.
“Me and my friends at school
would freestyle to each other,
and over time that turned into
battling each other, and it developed
from there, the love of it,”
RHYMES:
Selwyn Hose,
aka True, is
one of the
local artists
who will face
off against
rappers from
around the
country in a
rap battle this
weekend. ​
he said.
A group of his friends formed
RedZone about a year ago to do
that, organising a range of events
from community fundraisers to
big battles designed to draw in
artists from out of town.
•The RedZone Live
Christchurch Rap Battle
will be held on Saturday
from 7pm at Club Tavern on
Colombo St. Entry is $10.
Red zone stories help
shape area’s future
• By Gabrielle Stuart
STORIES ABOUT a wool shed
used after World War 2 to store
equipment and dragon boating
on the Avon have been shared
through an online red zone ideamapping
tool.
Regenerate Christchurch has
been working to collect people’s
stories from the land before it
makes decisions about the future
of the red zone.
Chief executive Ivan
Iafeta said he was open to all
ideas from the community, right
down to Christchurch’s youngest
residents.
More than 1000 children’s ideas
for the red zone have already
been collected on postcards.
Some asked for theme parks or
zoos, but about a quarter asked
for green spaces.
“Children are the future users,
leaders and residents of our city
and we’re creating a legacy for
them,” Mr Iafeta said.
The online feedback on the red
zone was originally planned to
close this month, but has been
extended until April 24.
Next month, workshops for
young design teams are set to
be held, where they can share
their ideas while being helped
The Star
BIG IDEAS: More than 1000
ideas for the red zone have
been shared by children,
through the process by engineers
and designers.
This weekend, a community
day will be held, where people
can take free guided tours of
the red zone, give feedback and
share their ideas.
•The red zone community
day will run from 10am-
3pm on Saturday at Haeata
Community Campus,
240 Breezes Rd, Wainoni.
Stories and information
about red zone land can
also be shared online
until April 24 at engage.
regeneratechristchurch.nz