When Ex Battalion dish out worldly advice on some of their biggest hits, they’re speaking from experience. The name says it all; they were founded in 2012 as a battle-rap crew and cut their teeth in the barangays of Muntinlupa. They've since expanded to a six-piece and taken a mainstream approach to their hip-hop with huge success, with their astute lyricism and atmospheric trap beats generating hundreds of millions of streams. Headed by founder Bosx1ne, the group’s songs tell stories of love (“Follow My Lead”), acceptance (“Ikaw Kase”) and deception (“Pakinabang”).