While the music world mourns the passing of rap icon Coolio at the age of 59, the last place he'd expect to get a mention would be Dáil Éireann but his name and lyrics are on the Dáil record forevermore.
In a resurfaced clip from 2020, TD Thomas Pringle can be seen rising to his feet on the Regulation of Lobbying Bill and using the late rapper's words to land a savage dig on successive governments in Ireland.
He quoted the hip hop legend right at the beginning of his address: "'Power and the money, money and the power, minute after minute, hour after hour' - Coolio might have been rapping about a Gangsta's Paradise back in 1995 but he could just as easily have been referring to politics around the world, including Irish politics and lobbying," he said.
