This week, we're with the trailblazing drum and bass star, award-winning vocalist, MC, producer, composer, music mentor and author - MC Tali, aka Natalia Sheppard.The girl from rural Taranaki became Aotearoa’s - and one of the world’s - first drum and bass MCs, despite coming up against an industry and people who told her she couldn’t.We will probably all learn a thing or two about how hard it is to MC a live gig! Tali is an absolute gem - we are lucky to have such a talent in the music industry, and she should be celebrated far and wide.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices