Aaradhana (Aaradhna) Patel (born: December 1983), is a New Zealand hip-hop, soul artist under the music label Dawn Raid. Aaradhna is of Indian and Samoan descent. Known as the First Lady of Dawn Raid, Aaradhna got a lucky break when Brotha D, co founder of Dawn Raid Entertainment was on tour in Wellington and was getting his hair-braided at her grandmother's house. Her family made her sing to him and he instantly signed her up in 2003. Moving to Auckland