{{Short description|Hip-hop collective, Onehunga, New Zealand (debut 2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = SWIDT | image = SWIDT.jpg | image_size = | caption = SWIDT working on their debut album ''Stoneyhunga'' at Roundhead Studios | genre = hip hop | origin = Onehunga, New Zealand | years_active = 2016–present | label = Universal Music New Zealand | website = {{URL|swidt.co.nz}} | current_members = *Boomer *INF *Jamal *SmokeyGotBeatz *SPYCC | past_members = *A.Z.A }}
'''SWIDT''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|w|ɪ|d|ɪ|t}} {{Respell|SWID|it}}); See What I Did There?)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11641069|title=SWIDT putting Onehunga on the musical map|last=Shulz|first=Chris|date=19 May 2017|work=NZ Herald|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-NZ}}</ref> are a hip-hop collective from Onehunga, New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11894372|title=SWIDT's debut album Stoneyhunga raps about their home turf|last=Shulz|first=Chris|date=26 July 2017|work=NZ Herald|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-NZ}}</ref> SmokeyGotBeatz debut project ''SWIDT vs Everybody'' was listed as No.16 in The New Zealand Herald's ''20 Best Albums of 2016.''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11763841|title=Beyonce, Nick Cave, Frank Ocean and the 20 best albums of 2016|date=15 December 2016|work=NZ Herald|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-NZ}}</ref> They released their official debut album ''STONEYHUNGA,'' dedicated to their home suburb of Onehunga,<ref name=":0" /> in July 2017. Members of the collective include SPYCC, SMOKE, INF, Boomer Tha God and JAMAL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noted.co.nz/culture/music/how-music-collective-swidt-is-blowing-up-the-hip-hop-world/|title=How music collective SWIDT is blowing up the hip-hop world|last=Richards|first=Kate|date=1 June 2017|website=Noted|language=en|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>
SWIDT were nominated for both the Critics Choice Award, and Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album at the 2016 New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nzmusician.co.nz/features/swidt-straight-outta-onehunga/|title=SWIDT: Straight Outta Onehunga|last=Mpunga|first=Felix|website=nzmusician.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> At the Awards, R&B singer Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel refused her award for Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album, claiming that the two disparate categories had been placed together for racial reasons. She gave her award to SWIDT.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11750302|title=Aaradhna claims racism, gives away Tui at NZ Music Awards|date=18 November 2016|work=NZ Herald|access-date=2017-08-18|language=en-NZ}}</ref> In her speech refusing the award, Patel described SWIDT as 'the future of hip hop'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/86630495/kiwi-musicians-speak-out-in-support-of-aaradhnas-vnzma-statement|title=Kiwi musicians speak out in support of Aaradhna's VNZMA statement|date=18 November 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>
''STONEYHUNGA'' reached number 4 in the New Zealand album charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=SWIDT&titel=Stoneyhunga&cat=a|title=charts.nz - SWIDT - Stoneyhunga|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=charts.nz|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> SWIDT have been nominated for 6 awards this year leading the nominations list at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. The Onehunga group is up for Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year, Vodafone Single of the Year, Best Group, Best Hip Hop Artist, and Vodafone People's Choice – as well as Massey University Best Producer at the Artisan Awards for band member SmokeyGotBeatz. [https://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/hip-hop-crew-swidt-lead-2017-vnzma-finalists/]
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br/><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=SWIDT |title= Discography SWIDT|publisher=Recorded Music NZ. Hung Medien|accessdate=14 April 2023}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Stoneyhunga'' | * Released: 18 November 2016 * Label: SWIDT, Universal Music New Zealand * Format: CD, digital download, streaming | 4 |}
===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br/><ref name="NZ"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''Stoneyhunga: The Bootleg EP'' | * Released: 9 February 2018 * Label: SWIDT, Universal * Format: Digital download, streaming | 31 |- ! scope="row"| ''The Most Electrifying'' | * Released: 27 July 2018 * Label: SWIDT * Format: Digital download, streaming | 19 |- ! scope="row"| ''Good Things Come in Threes'' | * Released: 22 October 2020 * Label: SWIDT * Format: Digital download, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''312 Day'' | * Released: 2 December 2021 * Label: SWIDT * Format: Digital download, streaming | — |}
===Mixtapes===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2016-05-20 |title=Official Top 40 Albums|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=23 May 2016|access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''SmokeyGotBeatz Presents: Swidt vs Everybody'' | * Released: 13 May 2016<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stuffflypeoplelike.com/2016/05/13/smokeygotbeatz-swidt-vs-everybody-feat-jay-rock-kendrick-lamar-audiopush-more-mixtape/ |title=SmokeyGotBeatz – ‘SWIDT vs. Everybody’ feat. Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Audio Push & More [Mixtape]|first=Gabriel |last=Williams |website=Stuff Fly People Like |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> * Label: SWIDT * Format: CD, digital download, streaming | 11 |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br />Hot<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-12-01|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=4 December 2023|access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br />Artist<br /><ref name="NZArtistingles">Peak positions for SWIDT's singles on the NZ artist singles chart: * For "Little Did She Know": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/aotearoa-singles/2017-05-19 |title=Official Top 20 NZ Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=22 May 2018|access-date=14 April 2023}} * For "Kelz Garage": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/aotearoa-singles/2022-05-06 |title=Official Top 20 NZ Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=9 May 2022|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Alfred & Church" |rowspan="5"|2017 | — || — | |rowspan="5"| ''Stoneyhunga'' |- ! scope="row"| "Little Did She Know" | — || 20 | |- ! scope="row"| "Close One"<br/>{{small|(featuring CJ Fly)}} | — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Tonight"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/12770/SWIDT-Let-Loose-Explicit-New-Cut-Tonight-Featuring-Bailey-Wiley.utr |title=SWIDT Let Loose Explicit New Cut 'Tonight' Featuring Bailey Wiley |website=Under the Radar |date=17 June 2018 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><br/>{{small|(featuring Bailey Wiley)}} | — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Player of the Day" | — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Conquer"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/watch-exclusive-premiere-of-swidts-new-video-conquer/ |title=WATCH: Exclusive Premiere of SWIDT's New Video, Conquer |first=Hussein |last=Moses |website=Vice |date=7 February 2018 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|2018 | — || — | |''Stoneyhunga: the Bootleg EP'' |- ! scope="row"| "Who Run It"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/14501/Listen-To-SWIDTs-Swish-Single-Who-Run-It.utr |title=Listen To SWIDT's Swish Single 'Who Run It' |website=Under the Radar |date=25 June 2018 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> | — || — | |''The Most Electrifying'' |- ! scope="row"| "Preacher Man" | rowspan="2"|2019 | — || — | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Who R U" | — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Wonders"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rdu.org.nz/podcast/spycc-swidt/ |title=SYPCC SWIDT |author=The Morning After with Ben and Josh |website=RDU |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><br/>{{small|(featuring B Wise & Mikey Dam)}} | 2020 | — || — | | ''Good Things Come in Threes'' |- ! scope="row"| "Seize the Day"<br/>{{small|(featuring Savage)}} | rowspan="3"|2021 | — || — | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Bunga" | — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Kelz Garage"<br />{{small|(featuring Lomez Brown)}} | — || 5 | * RMNZ: Gold<ref>{{cite certification |region=New Zealand |type=single |artist=SWIDT |title=Kelz Garage feat. Lomez Brown |id=2022-06-24 |source=newchart |access-date=2024-11-20 |domestic=true}}</ref> | ''312 Day'' |- ! scope="row"| "RSVP" | 2022 | — || — | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Youphoria"<br />{{small|(featuring High Hoops)}} | 2023 | 18 || — | |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |}
== References == {{reflist}} Category:Aotearoa Music Award winners Category:New Zealand hip-hop groups Category:Musical groups from Auckland
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