As ever with popular music, authenticity is ... where in the late 1980s Compton’s NWA originated a frenetic, violent and highly successful style of gangsta rap that brought Los Angeles to ...

Talking to the BBC in 2023, the band said they were inspired by US bands like Dead Prez, NWA and Wu Tang Clan. "Rebel music in Ireland has all the same sort of ideas as hip-hop in America.