LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: (L-R) Rich Peppiatt, Móglaí Bap and Dj Provaí attend a preview and Q&A for "Kneecap" at BFI Southbank on August 22, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images for BFI)
The Belfast rap group Kneecap have always been politically outspoken, and lately that outspokenness has involved some major career tumult. During Coachella’s first weekend, the group’s messages condemning Israel’s genocidal ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza were censored on the festival’s official livestream, so for the fest’s second weekend they got Twitch streamer Hasan Piker come onstage with them to broadcast their show on his own feed.
