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Israel-hating Irish rap group Kneecap, which is facing terrorism charges for brandishing a Hezbollah flag and praising Hamas ...
Kneecap member Mo Chara said “Glastonbury, I’m a free man” as the Irish rap trio took to the West Holts Stage at the festival on Saturday.
Massive Attack, Kneecap, Fontaines D.C. and Brian Eno have formed an alliance to protect artists openly supportive of ...
Hungary has banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country to perform at the Sziget Festival, accusing the band of ...
Avon and Somerset Police say they will be taking “no further action” after reviewing video and audio footage from Kneecap’s ...
It’s clear this is political distraction and a further attempt to silence those who call out genocide against the Palestinian ...
The Irish rap trio had been set to perform at Budapest’s Sziget Festival, but government officials say they can’t enter the country for three years due to “antisemitism and glorifying terror” ...
Kneecap says that rapping in Irish, long marginalized under British rule in Northern Ireland, is a political choice. When NPR met the band at an Irish-language cultural center in west Belfast in 2023, ...
Kneecap has pushed the boundaries of the language in rap, with Mo Chara telling NPR that Irish isn't "just about fiddles and shamrocks." "Our youth culture now involves a lot more paraphernalia ...
Mo Chara cites songs like "Come Out Ye Black and Tans ", a 1920s Irish rebel song about standing up to a notoriously brutal British police force named for the color of their uniforms, who were ...