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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Provaí of Kneecap perform on the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Ki Price/WireImage) Sony Allegedly Told Kneecap to ‘Stop Speaking About Palestine’
Kneecap’s manager says that group told Sony “that’s not going to happen,” after being asked to “stop speaking about Palestine.”
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MAY 04: Juvenile performs during the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kaitlyn Morris/Getty Images) Juvenile on How To Have a ‘Hotboy Summer’ and Which Song He Thought Would Be Bigger Than ‘Back That Azz Up’ (Exclusive)
Juvenile told us that he thought the “Ha” remix featuring Jay-Z, would be a bigger hit than “Back That Azz Up.”
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Provaí of Kneecap perform on the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Ki Price/WireImage) Kneecap Banned From Performing in Hungary, Group Calls Goverment’s Decision ‘F–king Outrageous’
Kneecap has not only been banned from performing in Hungary, they are fully banned from entering the country at all for three years.
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Tupac Shakur’s Pen Pal in Jail Reflects on Lesser-Known Side of the Famed Rapper
In the ’90s, while he was imprisoned on a sexual assault conviction, Tupac and journalist Nina Bhadreshwar regularly wrote to one another.
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Taylor Hill/Getty Images Tom Morello Anoints This Controversial Irish Rap Trio ‘The Rage Against The Machine of Now’
Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello says Kneecap “are not terrorists,” but rather, the rappers “speak truth to power.”
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – MAY 17: T-Pain performs on stage at Preakness 150 Hosted By 1/ST at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for 1/ST) T-Pain Channels WWE Legend in 20th Anniversary Tour Announcement
T-Pain announced his 20th anniversary tour with an old photo of WWE superstar John Henry after faking retirement and body slamming John Cena.
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(Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch) Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Is the First Rap Album to Hit Major 2025 Milestone
Kendrick’s 2024 album GNX is the first rap abum to sell over 1 million album-equivalent units in the U.S. in 2025.
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American hip hop group Run-DMC in New York City in March 1985. (Photo by John Nordell/Getty Images)
