As an Oscar-entry film about the rappers opens this week, Kneecap speak about fusing irony and provocation – and the anti-immigrant riots
It is a very Northern Ireland paradox: one of the most outspoken critics of the rioters who have been hurling petrol bombs at police Land Rovers is the hip-hop trio that rose to global fame literally atop a smoking police Land Rover.
Kneecap stormed the Sundance film festival this year when its members rode into Utah waving smoke canisters from the roof of a vehicle mocked up as a Police Service of Northern Ireland vehicle.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/18/kneecap-how-northern-irish-rap-trio-rose-to-fame-by-subverting-the-troubles
Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Publish date : 2024-08-18 10:00:27
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