They might be famous across the ditch but when the Kiwi members of hip-hop band Justice Crew return home, their friends keep them honest.
”A while ago, when I came back to New Zealand, my friends met me when I landed and were like ‘Don’t think you’re in Australia now. You’re not famous around here’,” Solo Tohi today. However, that could be set to change for the Wellingtonian and former Aucklander Samson Cosray Smith.
As two members of the six-strong Justice Crew, they are conquering the Australian charts with their latest single Que Sera. It debuted at No 1 and six weeks later still sits in the top spot.
The group first hit the headlines when the members won Australia’s Got Talent in 2010 with their dance performance.
They subsequently signed a record deal with Sony Music Australia and have since released several top 10 hits, with Que Sera their second No 1. They have toured with international artists including Chris Brown, Janet Jackson, One Direction, Kesha and Pitbull.
Three weeks travelling across the United States with Pitbull was probably the most crazy experience they had had since shooting to fame, the New Zealanders said.
”We pretty much saw the whole of America on a bus. There was partying every night,” Smith said.
”Then after the party you sleep on the bus, wake up and do it again,” Tohi finished.
A flying visit to perform this morning on Coronet Peak, in Queenstown, as part of the Australian television breakfast show Sunrise
