Mareko
{{Short description|New Zealand hip hop artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mareko
| image =
| caption = Mareko in an interview with NZOWN
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Mark Kolani Sagapolutele
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|6|15}}
| death_date =
| origin = New Zealand
| instrument =
| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = Dawn Raid Entertainment
| associated_acts = Deceptikonz
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
Mark Sagapolutele{{cite news | url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/4404872a11.html | title = Killer Beez diss stings Dawn Raid | work = Sunday Star Times | date = 17 February 2008}} (born 15 June 1981), best known by his stage name Mareko, is a New Zealand hip hop recording artist from South Auckland.
Career
Mareko's career began as a member of the Deceptikonz, a South Auckland rap crew. The group won accolades in 2001, receiving nominations for several New Zealand music awards. Mareko released a solo album, White Sunday, in 2003, which peaked at #4 in New Zealand.[https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=mareko Search for Mareko albums] at Every Hit database on 12 December 2007. Two singles from the album hit the New Zealand singles charts that year: "Mareko (Here to Stay)" (#4) and "Stop, Drop and Roll" (#6; credited to Mareko feat. Deceptikonz).[https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=mareko Search for Mareko singles] at Every Hit database on 12 December 2007. In 2006, Mareko returned to the charts with a guest appearance on Tha Feelstyle's #17 single, "I Do Believe (Tha Remix)".
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! Peak chart |
|---|
| NZ |
| 2003
|
| align="center" | 4 |
| 2008
| White Sunday 2: The Book of Mark |
| align="center" | — |
| 2022
| Untitled: Act I |
| align="center" | 32 |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
==Mixtapes==
- Mareko Is the Future (2003) Dawn Raid Entertainment{{cite web|title=Mareko Is The Future – Mixtape|url=http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/discography/mareko_is_the_future.html|publisher=Dawn Raid Entertainment|accessdate=18 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020054946/http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/discography/mareko_is_the_future.html|archivedate=20 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| rowspan="2" width="1em" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! width="3em" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Album |
|---|
| NZ {{cite web|title=MAREKO IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mareko|publisher=charts.nz|accessdate=18 October 2013}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| align="center" | 4 | rowspan="3" | White Sunday |
| "Stop, Drop and Roll" (feat. Deceptikonz)
| align="center" | 6 |
| Street Rap
| align="center" | — |
| 2006
| "I Do Believe (Tha Remix)" (Tha Feelstyle feat. Mareko, Flowz, Lapi Mariner & Manuel Bundy) | align="center" | 17 | Sione's Wedding soundtrack |
| 2007
| "Gotta Go" | align="center" | — | rowspan="3" | White Sunday 2: The Book of Mark |
| 2008
| "Record of the Year" | align="center" | — |
| 2009
| "Them Eyes" | align="center" | 39 |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/mareko26 Official Myspace]
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