Kneecap

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Kneecap is an Irish hip-hop group comprised of three members: Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí. The band’s beats are pretty intense, and their lyrics are fierce and as political as they come. Kneecap joined us to talk about their new record Fenian, how they’ve been influenced by Irish rebel music, starring in a film about themselves, and more!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:20.7	It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Forne.
0:23.2	Neckap, my next guests, are an Irish hip-hop group.
0:27.5	They're based out of Belfast, the city in Northern Ireland that in the late 20th century
0:32.7	bore the brunt of the violence and oppression during the troubles.
0:37.4	The three members of
0:38.5	kneecap are Moqara, Mowgli Bop, and DJ Provee. Mo and Mowgli handle the mic. Provee is,
0:46.2	as you might have guessed, behind the decks, and he's also a hype man during their shows.
0:51.7	Their beats are intense, heavy drums, fat synths, a little bit of
0:56.7	prodigy, a little bit of The Prodigy, a little bit of Peaches, maybe. Take a listen to the
1:04.2	single from their latest album, Fenian. This is Smugglers and scholars.
1:21.0	And what about the rhymes?
1:22.9	Also very intense.
1:28.0	Kneck's lyrics are direct and in your your face about as political as they come.
1:31.1	And very rarely are they delivered in English.
1:47.7	They're at the absolute forefront of a movement for Irish people to create and enjoy culture in the Irish language.
1:53.7	They're also at the heart of it, three buddies, some of the funniest and most passionate people you will ever meet. I'm so excited to welcome them to Bullseye. Here's another track from their
1:58.3	latest record, Anne Ra.
2:19.2	Oh, kids slandlish and raw. You step the legs to stoppage and Here's another track from their latest record. Anra. Neckyrae, but it was all good, because it was all grail Neckiwerew in Balsai, I'm going to miss the home that she created
2:22.5	Gaglia and school dinners that she stole from the working class.
2:25.2	It was all a laugh, because of Afghanistan,
2:27.9	BPCP, no rings bloody Sunday class.
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