Facts: - years active: 1999 -- present - caption: ladi6 at the summerset music festival 2007 - birth name: karoline tamati - label: question music , bbe , eskapaden records - genre: hip , r & b , reggae hop , neo soul , funk , soul - birth date: 7 november 1982 - image size: 215 - background: solo_singer - image: ladi 6tc.jpg - birth place: christchurch , new zealand - associated acts: the adults , shapeshifter - occupation: singer-songwriter , rapper Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ladi6 .
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ladi6 -lrb- born karoline tamati , 7 november 1982 in christchurch , new zealand , -rrb- is a recording artist of samoan descent .she spent six months living in berlin and touring europe in both 2010 and 2011 .her debut album '' time is not much '' debuted at number 4 on the new zealand top 40 album chart .and her second album '' the liberation of ... '' debuted at number 6 and was certified gold .her single like water was certified platinum in june 2011 .she has won many awards , including best female solo artist and best urban hip hop album at the 2011 new zealand music awards and best urban/hip hop album at the 2009 new zealand music awards .the current line-up of the wider ladi6 group is ladi6 , her partner parks -lrb- a.k.a. brent park -rrb- and julien dyne .ladi6 has been called '' new zealand 's answer to erykah badu '' .ladi6 is a spokesperson for the not our future anti-smoking campaign .