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Credit to the Nation

British hip hop group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Credit to the Nation are a British hip hop group, who had chart success in the 1990s and are best known for their Nirvana-sampling single "Call It What You Want". The band is fronted by Matty Hanson and was initially noted for fusing a conscious hip hop style with political elements taken from the British left-wing and anarchist movements. Following their initial split in 1998, the band reformed in 2011.

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“Credit to the Nation” enters the record as british hip hop group. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Credit, Nation and British can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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