Karoline Fuarosa Park-Tamati MNZM (born 7 November 1982), known professionally as Ladi6, is a New Zealand recording artist of Samoan descent.
[13] In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.
[17] Her family moved to Africa for a year and a half when she was a teenager, where she says she first started to write songs and play guitar.
[1][19] Sheelahroc released the hit single "If I Gave U Th' Mic" and won Most Promising New Act at the 2001 bNet Music Awards.
After Sheelahroc broke up, Ladi6 went on to form Verse Two with Parks (Brent Park-Tamati), Julien Dyne, Markus Vanilau, Elia Gaitau, Vanessa Mcgowan, DJ 4130, Matipi Turua, Redford Grenell, Vanessa Mcgowan, Nick Robertson (Shapeshifter) as well as a variety of guest musicians including MC Scribe.
[19] They released the singles "Danger" and "Gold" (featuring her cousin Scribe and produced by Mu of Fat Freddy's Drop).
She appeared on Songs From the Inside in 2015 alongside Troy Kingi, MC Scribe and Anika Moa.
[8] The album was mostly produced by Parks and was released throughout Europe by London label BBE Records in July 2010.
"She knows how to make an impression – including a recent wow-inducing support slot for Gil Scott-Heron at London's Southbank Centre".
The album has guest vocal appearances by Scribe, Parks and Tyra Hammond, and Detroit MC Invincible.
[29] Ladi6 has collaborated with many New Zealand musicians and some International acts and bands, including Fat Freddy's Drop, Scribe, Shapeshifter, Jon Toogood, The Adults, Solaa, 4 Corners, The Opensouls, 50 Hz, Sepalot, Eva Be, Julien Dyne, and Christoph El Truento.
[26] She is the cousin of other prominent Samoan New Zealand musicians Scribe and Tyra Hammond of Opensouls,[19] and director-actor Oscar Kightley.