Question: What type of music did this American group consisting of four members, to which Sona Family has been compared, originally perform?

full_context: Document 1: So Solid Crew: So Solid Crew are an English garage, grime and hip hop group originating from Battersea, London which achieved wide success in the early 2000s. The group consisted of a large number of members, the most notable being Lisa Maffia, Romeo and Harvey. They are generally credited with having paved the way for the current generation of crossover UK hip hop stars.
Document 2: Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album): Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, released on September 26, 2000. This is their last album as "Black Eyed Peas", before they changed their name to "The Black Eyed Peas".
Document 3: Riddim Ribbon feat. The Black Eyed Peas: Riddim Ribbon featuring The Black Eyed Peas is the first installment in Tapulous' new series of music games, succeeded by Riddim Ribbon Free. It features three tracks by The Black Eyed Peas plus more tracks that can be purchased from Apple's in-app purchase.
Document 4: DJ Vix: DJ Vix, born and raised in the east of London is a British-Asian DJ/music producer known for his bhangra tracks, as well as his remixes. In 1996, he formed Dhol n Bass Roadshow that won many awards in coming years. He has worked in many places across the globe including Vancouver, Rotterdam, Africa, Norway, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, LA, Chicago, Washington DC, New York, Jumeirah and Delhi (Club Elevate). Guest mixes and shows on the Asian radio scene have included for the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 1xtra and BBC Asian Network. Signed up in 2002 by the internationally renowned Moviebox label, DJ Vix has received international recognition as a producer of mainstream Asian beats, with a style identical to none (album). Following on from his debut album DHOL N BASS UNCUT (2002), he produced his next three albums VIX IT UP (2004) and IDENTICAL 2 NONE (2007) and MOVIEBOX VIX TAPE (2008) with 'Ah Chak Bottle Daru Di' featuring Shin from DCS - the longest no.1 track on the BBC Asian Network that held top spot for a record breaking 13 weeks. In 2009 DJ Vix received his third award, 'Best Club DJ' at the UK Asian Music Awards (UK AMA) held at the Royal Festival Hall. In 2011, Dj Vix worked in collaboration with Surinder Shinda and Bhinda Jatt (also known as California Bhangra King). Dj Vix has also worked with artists like Miss Pooja, RnB superstar Jay Sean, Sukbir, Taz Stereo Nation, B21, XLNC, Debi Muksuspuri, H-Dhami and Ajay the ‘Brit Asia Superstar’ winner of 2010. In 2014, Dj Vix worked in collaboration with Malkit Singh MBE, and produced the track'Desi Beat'. In 2014, he released another track, 'Marda' feat Hunterz, along with the new album 'MY TURN' from Manjit Pappu. His next, and fifth solo album titled "Chapter V" is scheduled to be released on 26 February 2015.
Document 5: Fergie (singer): Fergie Duhamel ( ) (born Stacy Ann Ferguson; March 27, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is the female vocalist for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, with whom she has achieved chart success worldwide. Her debut solo album "The Dutchess" (2006) was a major commercial success on the charts and spawned three "Billboard" Hot 100 number one singles; "London Bridge", "Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry".
Document 6: Far East Movement: Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh) and DJ Virman (Virman Coquia). Their single "Like a G6", featuring pop-rap duo The Cataracs and singer Dev hit number one on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and on the iTunes chart in late October 2010, making them the first Asian-American group to earn a number one hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Among their other chart toppers are: "Rocketeer" featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic (peaked at #7 on Billboard), "Turn Up the Love" (#2 on the UK Charts), and their 2012 remix to the song "Get Up (Rattle)" by the Bingo Players, also hit #1 on the UK Charts.
Document 7: Far East Movement discography: The discography of Far East Movement, an American electronic pop rap group, consists of four studio albums, four extended plays, four mixtapes, eighteen singles (including three as featured artists) and thirty-three music videos. The group formed in 2003 in Los Angeles and released their first mixtape, "Audio-Bio", in 2005, with their first studio album "Folk Music" following in 2006. One of the songs from "Folk Music", "Round Round", brought the group their first major exposure after its use in the film "". The release of their second studio album, "Animal", brought the group to the attention to the Interscope Records subsidiary Cherrytree Records, who signed them.
Document 8: Sukshinder Shinda: Sukshinder Shinda (born Sukshinder Singh Bhullar) is a bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter from Handsworth in Birmingham, England. Since releasing his first professional recording in 1993, "Dhol Beat Ek", Shinda has produced or collaborated on more than 200 albums, including all of Jazzy B's releases and the majority of Amrinder Gill's.
Document 9: SonaOne: Mikael Adam Bin Mohd Rafee Michel Lozach or Mikael Adam Lozach, better known as SonaOne is a Malaysian singer, rapper, graffiti artist, lyricist, composer and publisher in Malaysia. He became known through the song "I Do not Care" with Mal Karmal in 2012 before being known for the song "No More" and working with rapper Joe Flizzow in the song "Havoc" and "Hello" in 2014 to qualify for the title he won in Anugerah Juara Lagu 29. Through the song "No More" Anyway, Mikael award-winning Best Song in the Anugerah Industri Muzik 21 made him as a composer who has won two major awards for composers in the same year after the composer Adnan Abu Hassan.
Document 10: Bally Sagoo: Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo (born 19 May 1964) is a British-Indian record producer. Born in Delhi, India, Sagoo was raised from an early age in Birmingham. He has been active in the recording and entertainment industries since 1989. He is the producer of albums and the mastermind behind songs and remixes. He remains a force in the music industry and is currently the figurehead of the UK and Belgium based entertainment company, Fresh Dope Industries.
Document 11: Singapore hip hop: Singapore hip hop is a collective of hip hop music, graffiti arts, deejaying/turntablism, break dancing and beatboxing, which are performed by hip hop enthusiasts who are of Singapore descent mainly from the four races of the metropolis; the Chinese, Malays, Indians and the Eurasian. This article and its contents are exact up-to-date, through first-person written documents and oral accounts. This article focuses primarily on Singapore hip hop icons, discography, historical events, DMC World DJ Championship representatives, in and out of Singapore. This article also focuses on how Singapore has its hip hop origins and culture scene in South East Asia in the mid-1980s, largely due to the country's geographically international sea port location for military and worldwide trading connections, one of which is, with the United States where the hip hop culture was originated.
Document 12: Sona Family: Sona Family is a London-based musical quartet. They have been said to sound "like The Black Eyed Peas infused with traditional Indian bhangra music". They combine urban music, hip hop, R&B and dancehall with their own upbringing as UK Desis. Headed by producer/writer Harry Sona, Sona Family consists of rapper/singer/producer Mr Riz, female singer/rapper Kazz & DJ/producer JC.
Document 13: Fugees discography: The discography of the Fugees, an American hip hop trio consisting of rapper/singer Lauryn Hill and rappers Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean, consists of two studio albums, one compilation album, one remix album and nine singles (including one as featured artists) and nine music videos. After the group formed in the 1980s under the name Tranzlator Crew, they signed to Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records in 1993; they then changed their name to Fugees – an abbreviation of "refugees", also a reference to Haitian immigrants.
Document 14: The Black Eyed Peas: The Black Eyed Peas (originally simply Black Eyed Peas) are an American group, consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently changed their musical sound to pop and dance-pop music. Although the group was founded in Los Angeles in 1995, it was not until the release of their third album "Elephunk" in 2003 that they achieved high record sales. Since that time, the group has sold an estimated 76 million records (35 million albums and 41 million singles), making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. According to Nielsen SoundScan, The Black Eyed Peas were the second-best-selling artist/group of all time for downloaded tracks, with over 42 million sales as of the end of 2011.
Document 15: Badshah (rapper): Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah, is an Indian rapper known for his Hindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabi songs. He started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his group Mafia Mundeer and gained spontaneous popularity among youth. He split from Honey in 2012 and gained fame with his independent Haryanvi song "Kar Gayi Chull", which was later adopted into Bollywood movie. His music has been featured in Bollywood soundtracks for films such as the 2014 film "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania". and Sonam Kapoor starrer "Khoobsurat" (2014).
ground_truth: alternative hip hop