Here’s something new and different. The sounds of Irish hip hop were echoed across the Coachella Valley this weekend, the first weekend of the biggest music concert in the world, as Belfast trio ...
One of the more quirky comedies at this year's Sundance Film Festival was a biopic about a hip-hop group... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMACH ANOCHT") KNEECAP: (Singing in Irish). CHANG: ...An Irish-language ...
If the logline of “abrasive, ultra-political, Gaelic language rap” doesn’t ring any bells, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Though there’s a rich history of hip-hop, and of course musicians generally, ...
A Belfast hip-hop trio who are pioneering Irish-language rap is helping to reignite interest in the Irish language among younger generations. Kneecap, a West Belfast trio consisting of members Mo ...
Kneecap, a trio from Belfast who raps almost exclusively in Irish, is reinventing Irish rebel music. “I never thought I’d get to New York rapping in Irish.” So announced Mo Chara, one-third of West ...