Tyree

As one-third of South Auckland hip hop outfit Smashproof, Tyree penned the hooks for many of the group's biggest songs including 'Brother', the breakthrough hit that announced the voice of Gin Wigmore and sat on top of the New Zealand singles charts for 11 consecutive weeks in 2009. Six years after Tyree's solo debut Now or Never, the Niuen-Kiwi MC has returned from the wilderness with Motivation, an album that addresses his time away and what he's learnt along the way. Tyree talks to Sam Wicks about his return to music...