Rhyme and reason behind MC's success  May 11, 2005 Crusader: NZ
hip-hop artist Scribe.  Crusader: NZ hip-hop artist Scribe.
Scribe is at the top of his game, writes Khalil Hegarty.  If you
looked only at the travel advertisements for New Zealand, you'd
never get the impression it's a hotbed of racial tension. But
it's something Malo Luafatu - aka hip-hop MC Scribe - grew up
with in Christchurch. It was a bit more complicated than a
white-versus-Maori scuffle; Luafatu is a Pacific Islander, the
smallest minority in Christchurch.  "I remember the first time I
had a confrontation with skinheads; I was about nine, and they
were grown men," the 25-year-old recalls.  "My city is one of
the only cities that has gangs like KKK, skinheads, White Power
and all these Aryan-race-type gangs."  Talk to anyone from
Christchurch and they could probably tell a story or two about
racial violence. But growing up there for Luafatu wasn't all
skinheads and scrapping; it was where he fell in love with hip-
hop and learnt how to rh