Muhammed became aware of heavy music because of his father, who was involved in the Los Angeles hardcore scene in the 1970s and 1980s, and introduced him to groups like T.S.O.L.

[4] Muhammad began Zulu in 2019, wishing to pursue vocals in an all black hardcore band, he experimented with members including Braxton Marcellous, James Stanciell, Rob Watson, Spencer Pollard, professional skateboarder Swampy and Zoin Jakeem.

[7] The band performed live twice prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns, the second of which featured Dez Yusuf on guitar, filling in for Braxton Marcellous.

[10] On January 11, 2023, the album's second single "Where I'm From" was released, which featured Pierce Jordan of Soul Glo and Obioma Ugonna of Playytime.

On Our Day Will Come, they sample speeches by both Nina Simone and Malcolm X, and on A New Tomorrow, the track "Créme de Cassis" is an interlude featuring black poet Alesia Miller,[18] and the album's concluding lyrics are interpolated from Bob Marley's "Small Axe".

writer Sam Law stated that "their music marks the intersection where the current hardcore movement and the energy of Black Lives Matter thrillingly meet.

"[18] Metal Hammer writer Stephen Hill stated their music is "the classic sound of punk rock, hardcore and powerviolence reimagined and rebred with both the liquid grooves and righteous protest polemic of the golden era of funk and soul.