The group's name, Geto Boys, comes from a deliberate misspelling of the word "ghetto". For its first two albums, "Making Trouble" (1988) and "Grip It! On That Other Level" (1989), the spelling was the English standard "Ghetto Boys". For their third album, "The Geto Boys", they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which the group has used since. The Geto Boys' lyrics push gangsta rap themes to extremes, and sometimes focus on murder, explicit sex, and violence. The group is credited for putting Southern hip hop on the hip hop music map and inspired a legion of acts, including 2Pac, Eminem, UGK, T.I., Goodie Mob, Outkast, 50 Cent, Chamillionaire, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Juvenile, Mystikal, Mac Lethal, Esham and Insane Clown Posse. Insane Clown Posse's Violent J (Joseph Bruce) described the Geto Boys as the first rappers to perform horrorcore, with their song "Assassins", released on their debut album, "Making Trouble". Bruce says that the Geto Boys continued to pioneer the style with their second release "Grip It! On That Other Level", with songs such as "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Trigga-Happy Nigga".