The late Phil Fuemana – producer, mentor and prime mover behind urban Pacific music – once said, “Proud didn’t make us, we made Proud,” a terse assertion about the 1994 album of South Auckland music, Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation.
The album launched the short career of Sisters and shone the spotlight on MC Slam (Charlie Brown), Semi MCs, Pacifican Descendants and others, notably the sardonically named Ōtara Millionaires Club with
