Hula ʻoihana Akira Armstrong Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi manaʻo nui i ka makahiki 2008 ma hope o ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i nā kelepona hoʻolele kūleʻa ʻole.
ʻO Bronx nui, N.Y., he kamaʻāina, e hula ana mai kona mau makahiki 8, haʻi ʻia In The Know ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa pinepine ʻana ma muli o kona nui a me ka nani i hoʻāla iā ia e hana i kāna ala ponoʻī i ka honua o nā hana hana - a no laila, Nani Nui hānau.
Manaʻo wau e makaʻu mau ana ka poʻe o ka ʻoihana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka nui [poʻe] no ka mea ... ʻokoʻa mākou, wehewehe ʻo Armstrong. ʻAʻole mākou he 'kūpono' aesthetic.
Pono wau e hakakā ma nā mea he nui. ʻIke ʻoe, pono wau e hōʻoia mau iaʻu e ʻae ʻia, a ua luhi wau i kēlā, wahi āna. Ua ʻike au aia kekahi mau wāhine ʻē aʻe e like me aʻu i loaʻa ka pilikia like e pono ai ke kahua e hōʻike ai i ko lākou aloha i ka hula.
Kiʻi: Akira Armstrong
Wahi a Armstrong, ʻO Pretty Big Movement - he hui hula piha piha i ka loea i nā ʻano hula like ʻole e like me hip-hop, jazz, ʻApelika, hou a me nā mea hou aku - ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kahi hui hula: He ola holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana, wehewehe ʻo ia. E pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana ma o ka hula, ma o ka neʻe ʻana.
ʻO Pretty Big Movement iaʻu ke kūʻokoʻa, ke aloha pilikino, ke ʻano, ke ʻano, ke aloha, ka ʻae ʻana, ka ulu ʻana, ka ʻoihana ʻuhane, wahi āna. He nui nā mea. Aia ma mua oʻu.
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He kelepona 2007 make me ʻO Frank Gatson Jr ., ka mea i hana mua ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi noʻeau o Beyoncé, ʻo ia ka pana hope loa i ka huakaʻi a Armstrong i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Pretty Big Movement.
Ua kāhea au iā ia ma hope o koʻu hoʻāʻo ʻana no kahi hui hula, i hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Armstrong, nāna i hana ma ke ʻano he hula poʻokela ma nā wikiō mele ʻelua a Beyoncé, ʻo Greenlight a me Get Me Bodied.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea aʻu e poina ʻole ai ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu - ua ʻōlelo wau, ʻike ʻoe, Frank, manaʻo wau e hoʻi wale ana wau i New York no ka mea ʻaʻole pono iaʻu i waho ma LA, hoʻomau ʻo ia. Ua hoʻāʻo wau e kiʻi i nā hōʻike mai nā keʻena hula, ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻāʻo e hāʻawi iaʻu i kahi manawa. A ua like ʻo ia, 'Ua ʻike ʻoe i ke aha? ʻAʻohe o lākou hihiʻo.'
I kāna ʻōlelo ʻana mai iaʻu, ua like ia me kahi manawa 'aha', hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia. Ua like wau, pololei loa ʻo ia - i hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i nā mea aʻu i makemake ai e hana i ka ʻoihana a me ka media mainstream, pono wau e hana i koʻu ala ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe oʻu ʻano a makemake paha e hoʻololi i koʻu ʻano no ka mea ʻo wau kēia. Inā makemake wau e hoʻemi i ke kaumaha, a laila e lilo wau i ke kaumaha. Ua chubby mau au. ʻAʻole au i ʻewalu a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kēlā. ʻO wau wale nō. ʻO kaʻu [genetic] make-up.
https://www. instagram .com/p/CBTdLOml-vV/No 12 mau makahiki i kēia manawa, ua loaʻa iā Pretty Big Movement hāʻawi ʻia nā papa hula i nā poʻe nui a puni ka honua, e hoʻoikaika ana e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻano hoʻokolokolo ʻole kahi e ʻoluʻolu ai nā kānaka i ka hula.
ʻO ka neʻe - i hōʻike ʻia ma kahi Hoʻolaha ʻo Lane Bryant a ma luna Ua loaʻa iā ʻAmelika ka Talent - ua hoʻololi maopopo i ke ola o kāna poʻe komo.
Ke haʻi aku nei au i ka poʻe ua lawe maoli ʻo Pretty Big Movement i kona ʻano ponoʻī no ka mea ʻoiai naʻu i hana, ʻo Pretty Big ka mea, a ke hoʻololi maoli nei ia i nā ola, haʻi ʻo Armstrong In The Know. Loaʻa iaʻu nā DM a me nā leka uila e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ola o ka poʻe. Ua hōʻole lākou i ka makemake e pepehi iā lākou iho. Ke kōkua nei i ka poʻe ma o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua hoʻopilikia kēia neʻe i nā kānaka a puni ka honua.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9S-K_ZlsyF/ʻO ka hope loa, manaʻo ʻo Armstrong e hiki ke hoʻomau i kāna neʻe ʻana e kōkua i ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e pili ana i ko lākou nui e aʻo e aloha i ko lākou kino - inā ma ka hula a ʻaʻole paha.
ʻO ʻoe. E aloha mua iā ʻoe iho, wahi āna. Paipai maoli au i nā mea a pau e aloha iā ia iho. E aloha mua iā lākou iho ma mua o ka ninini ʻana i kekahi, ʻaʻole ma ka hula wale nō. ʻO ia wale nō ma o kekahi mea i ke ola.
A he moeʻuhane nui nō hoʻi, wahi āna. Mai noʻonoʻo he mea liʻiliʻi kāu e hana nei. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai e hana, e hana ʻoe.
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