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Kneecap: FENIAN

Pitchfork·Dean Van Nguyen·about 1 month ago
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You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge , straight from the boulevards of West Belfast, the north of Ireland. NWA’s pistol-gripped provocations extracted only a letter of concern from the FBI , which the Comptonites predictably flouted with wild abandon. Kneecap ’s exploits, meanwhile, have sparked condemnation from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and saw member Mo Chara hauled in front of a judge on terrorism charges (a case that has since been thrown out of court ). These are rare levels of infamy for rappers; the tag of “world’s most dangerous group” hasn’t felt so apt since the days of Eazy-E posing on the hood of his Chevy Impala . The NWA comparison is not arbitrary: Kneecap members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí have cited their gangster rap forebears as a critical influence on their role as righteous agitators.…

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