The Belfast rappers have a film that's up for an Oscar, talked about ketamine with Gerry Adams, and annoyed a Tory Cabinet minister. They tell us how it can get even better
Kneecap: ‘Everyone’s unapologetically being Irish. We’re not emulating American or English culture any more. It’s a moment where people are proud to be where they’re from’ The Belfast rappers have a film that's up for an Oscar, talked about ketamine with Gerry Adams, and annoyed a Tory Cabinet minister.
The Belfast hip-hop trio needn’t worry: here in Ireland they are, again, front-page news. Although it’s not, this time, for the stridently pro-united Ireland, anti-British, pro-drugs lyrics that earlier this year resulted in the musicians running afoul of Kemi Badenoch and HM Government.
“Definitely. But I think the Irish basically took over Glastonbury this year,” says Mo Chara. The festival also featured stellar, talking-point sets from The Mary Wallopers, Fontaines D.C. and Lankum. They do, says Móglaí Bap, feel an affinity with their peers. “Ireland’s so small that we’re all friends, we all play madly different genres.”
And even if the linguistic niceties of Irish language raps delivered at breakneck speed might be lost on most international audiences, Kneecap’s political-punk attitude is making a noise everywhere – the band are touring globally well into summer 2025.
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