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I first heard this song in 2011 when someone made a memorial vid to Hastify Backup, one of the largest YouTube channels at that time and one of my very best friends, who got shut down that year. Such a beautiful song; the best cover of it right here. RIP IZ and Hastify.
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, translation: "The Fearless Eyed Man" (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah Iz or IZ, was a Native Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist.
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I first heard this song in 2011 when someone made a memorial vid to Hastify Backup, one of the largest YouTube channels at that time and one of my very best friends, who got shut down that year. Such a beautiful song; the best cover of it right here. RIP IZ and Hastify.
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, translation: "The Fearless Eyed Man" (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah Iz or IZ, was a Native Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist.
His voice became famous outside Hawaii when his album Facing Future was released in 1993. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was released on his albums Ka ʻAnoʻi and Facing Future. It was subsequently featured in several films, television programs, and television commercials.
Along with his ukulele playing and incorporation of other genres, such as jazz and reggae, Kamakawiwoʻole remains influential in Hawaiian music.