Has anyone covered the Kneecap news in this thread? Seems directly linked to Hasan considering they bought him on stage like 4 weeks ago
Kneecap are a Northern Irish rap trio, they reference support for the IRA sometimes but mostly their music is about things like drugs and sex.
They've been pretty vocal about Palestine, in 2024 they had a concert in the UK where they chanted "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" and I believe waved a Hezbollah flag, they also said something about killing British MPs
It's relevant to this thread, because at Coachella this year, they walked out on stage with Hasan (in a very awkward clip), and did some general pro palestine shit.
(there should be a video here but I can't see it, link here
https://www.twitch.tv/hasanabi/clip/FrozenSteamyNuggetsHassaanChop-ilBAI8yuWg9J_izi)
The Coachella stuff got people mad, with calls for their visas to be revoked, and then the videos from the 2024 UK concert started getting posted around, which led to a police investigation in the UK, and now one member (Liam O'Hanna, the kinda ugly chubby one) has been charged with terrorism offenses, as Hezbollah is a proscribed organization in the UK and so you legally cannot show support for them
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2qq2n3800o <-- Article explaining the charges
They're also doing a small concert tonight, I guess to protest the charges.
https://news.sky.com/story/kneecap-...r-member-charged-with-terror-offence-13372829