In 2001, Auckland hip-hop artist Che-Fu got a call from one of the biggest names in the business.
I have a lot of keepsakes that are more personal, but this is significant to me because of the unbelievability of being on a record with Wu-Tang Clan. I'm still a bit humbled by it all.
Careful (Click, Click) — Brown Panthers Mix was released in 2001 on 12-inch, and there are probably only about 20 copies in New Zealand. It's a little token that symbolises the work I was doing in this art form of hip-hop music at a time when it was still trying to break here. I felt vindicated getting the nod from the big homies.
I was 18 or 19 when Wu-Tang's first album came out. I really dug it, these young guys from Staten Island doing music their way. A bit of anger, a bit of angst, a bit of raging against the machine. Supergroove's record label, BMG, were the distributors here, so we got a copy in advance.
Fast-forward a few years and I'm a solo artist. Legendary A&R man Kirk Harding was working in the US for Loud Records and had this idea to get Wu-Tang with other international features. He approached me about doing a track and that really flipped my wig. I was totally blown away.