A little over five years ago Ryan Lovins (USA) and Jarod Liversedge (NZ) were two guys with a dream.
Hip Hop was running through their veins, with a destination – the world's ears!
A scratch battle title under his belt, the PHD family became 3 when Selekta-Q (Jaime MacKinnon) a
keen enthusiast of the table entered in 2009 as the official PHD DJ.
Adding his element of over 12 yrs experience to the mix, PHD are forever stepping it up a notch.
Past & Present:
Street credibility and the ever growing commercial market screaming for PHD, comes with plenty of
successful baggage –
5 bootleg albums (Sex, Drugs & Hip-Hop vol 1-5), also "Permenent Head Damage (Mixtape) Studio album's 'No Myths, Just Legends' & self titled "PHD" Album,
4 singles 'Clean it Up' – (making it to 15 on the Radioscope charts ), 'All The Same', 'Sunset Drinks ft
Dan Pilkington', & 'Summer NZ', each with accompanying video clips spanning across your TV
screens nationwide.
The crew have shared the stage with Dead Prez, Dizzee Rascal, Lupe Fiasko, JIN (Ruff Ryders), MTE
(Canada), Alter Egoz (Australia) & NZ's finest - Katchafire, David Dallas, Nesian Mystic, Cyphanetik,
Che Fu, Salmonella Dub, Smashproof, Kids In Space, Devolo, DJCXL, King Kapisi, & Dudstown
Recordings to name a few but PHD have no reason to stop giving you a taste of the unique and
infectious Hip Hop they manufacture.
PHD plan on stamping their mark across New Zealand towns gracing all with high energy and roof
raising shows and impacting on Australiasia in the near future.
To keep up with Show/Tours and new music check them out on www.phdhiphopnz.co.nz
