Scribe (rapper)

Scribe
Scribe at the Big Day Out in 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Malo Luafutu or Jeshua Ioane Luafutu
Born	(1979-05-29) 29 May 1979 (age 37) Christchurch, New Zealand
Origin	Christchurch, New Zealand
Genres	Rap, Hip hop
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Dirty Records
Associated acts	Savage, P-Money

Malo Luafutu, also called Jeshua Ioane Luafutu (born on 29 May 1979), and better known by his stage name Scribe, is a New Zealand hip hop rapper and recording artist of Samoan descent. His debut album, The Crusader, was released in 2003 in New Zealand where it has since been certified five times platinum, achieving two number one singles. In 2010, he featured on R&B singer J.Williams single You Got Me which reached number one on the RIANZ charts.

With the initial focus on the song "Stand Up", director Chris Graham gave the video for the single the energy of a rock video. He invited music guests, DJs and even the general public to participate in the video. The song debuted at #6 on the New Zealand top-40 singles and soon rose to number 1. The single spent 12 (non-consecutive) weeks at number one.

Dirty Records released Scribe's debut album The Crusader in New Zealand in October 2003 with distribution through Festival Mushroom Records. The album went gold within hours and platinum within days. It sold 85,000 copies in New Zealand, which is five times platinum status in that country.

Scribe followed the success of the album with the limited-edition release of "Not Many - The Remix!" featuring guest vocals from MCs Savage and Con Psy which peaked at No. 2. He then released a new single, "Dreaming" in January 2004; this also reached No. 1.

Scribe took a break from new singles and toured the country on the Hook It Up tour before he returned in late 2004 with a new single off P-Money's Magic City album called "Stop the Music", again reaching No. 1.

In 2005 he opened for the Beastie Boys at shows in Australia.