U-Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole njengoko kubonisiwe kwividiyo yoopopayi eyenziwe nguGoogle Doodle.YouTube / GoogleDoodles Imvumi yaseHawaii u-Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, okwabizwa ngokuba ngu-Bruddah IZ, ngewayeneminyaka engama-61 namhlanje, inyani yokuba uGoogle ubhiyozela nge-doodle kunye nevidiyo yoopopayi ehlonipha imvumi, evakala icula ingoma yayo ethi Somewhere Over the Rainbow edlalwa ngokulele kunye isandi esiqhelekileyo somculo waseHawaii. U-Kamakawiwo'ole usenokuba waziwa kwihlabathi liphela ngale ngoma-eyayirekhodwe kanye ngorhatya olunye ngo-1988 kwaye akazange athandwe de kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-1997- kodwa impumelelo yakhe emculweni nasekuthetheleleni ibanzi kwaye ishiye uphawu olungacimekiyo kwinkcubeko yaseHawaii.
UKamvawiwo'ole ukhuphe amacwecwe ali-15 kunye neqela awalilungiselela nomntakwabo kunye nabahlobo bakhe abathathu, ababizwa ngokuba nguMakaha Sons waseNi'ihau, phambi kokuba asweleke ngenxa yokuphefumla, intliziyo kunye neminye imiba yezempilo eneminyaka engama-38. Ukongeza, uKamvawiwo'ole, owazalwa Kwangonyaka omnye apho iHawaii yaba lilizwe lama-50, yayingumxhasi wenkululeko yaseHawaii, isebenzisa amazwi ayo ukubongoza ubukhosi kunye nokukhuselwa kwendalo kwezimangaliso zendalo zeziqithi.