{"id":2430727,"date":"2025-05-04T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hip-hop-group-cancelled-after-vulgar-message-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T19:16:46","slug":"hip-hop-group-cancelled-after-vulgar-message-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hip-hop-group-cancelled-after-vulgar-message-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop Group Cancelled After Vulgar Message to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhip-hop-group-cancelled-after-vulgar-message-to-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Irish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eurovision-bans-russia-from-competing-in-singing-competition-after-ukraine-invasion\/\" title=\"Eurovision Bans Russia From Competing In Singing Competition After Ukraine Invasion\">hip hop group<\/a> Kneecap is facing meaningful backlash amid accusations of promoting anti-Semitic messages, leading to multiple concert cancellations in Germany. their appearance was pulled from music festivals Hurricane and Southside after the band displayed a message that included &#8220;F*** Israel&#8221; at a concert. Additionally, tickets for other planned performances in major German cities were also withdrawn. <\/p>\n<p>The Board of Deputies of British Jews has expressed concern over the group&#8217;s statements, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counter-terror-police-investigating-deadly-car-explosion-at-uk-womens-hospital\/\" title=\"Counter-Terror Police Investigating Deadly Car Explosion at UK Women&#039;s Hospital\">counter-terrorism police<\/a> are investigating remarks made by a band member suggesting violence against members of parliament, specifically stating, &#8220;The onyl good Tory is a dead Tory.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In response to the outrage and cancellations, Kneecap defended themselves on social media, criticizing what they view as an overreaction that distracts from ongoing humanitarian issues related to the gaza conflict. They clarified that they do not support any form of violence against civilians and condemned the use of their remarks out of context. The band insists that the focus should be on the humanitarian crisis rather than on their provocative lyrics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A hip hop group from the Emerald Isle is learning just how real cancel culture can be &mdash; and now the authorities might be involved, too.<\/p>\n<p>Irish rap group Kneecap has had a slew of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">concert cancellations amid greater societal calls<\/a> for cancellation after the group used its platform to disseminate some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anderson-cooper-issues-apology-vulgar-air-comment-former-gop-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vulgar<\/a> messages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/kneecap-concerts-germany-cancelled-1236204305\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to The Hollywood Reporter, Kneecap had concerts in Germany nixed after the message &ldquo;F*** Israel&rdquo; was shown at a concert.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the German music festivals Hurricane and Southside have pulled the band from their respective slates.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Reporter noted that tickets are also no longer available for events in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg, which were scheduled for September.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8x8n5kn80qo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per<\/a> the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not just the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-learns-isnt-invincible-trump-threatens-strip-tax-exempt-status-reclassify-political-entity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Semitic<\/a> slogan that has landed Kneecap in danger of being kneecapped.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp8kpljj26go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that counter-terrorism police are investigating remarks made by the band where they allegedly threatened to kill members of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>A video emerged of a band member apparently saying, &ldquo;The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The band maintained a defiantly anti-establishment tone when addressing some of these cancellations on the social media platform X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">KNEECAP STATEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZht5532Zf\">pic.twitter.com\/qZht5532Zf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KNEECAP (@KNEECAPCEOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNEECAPCEOL\/status\/1916982746708381731?\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria,&rdquo; the band claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah,&rdquo; it continued. &ldquo;We condemn all attacks on civilians, always. It is never okay. We know this more than anyone, given our nation&rsquo;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This distortion is not only absurd &ndash; it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;real conversation,&rdquo; according to Kneecap, should be about the ongoing conflict in Gaza and humanitarian concerns in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The band says that &ldquo;is where real anger and outrage should be directed towards.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 people were killed when Hamas terrorists launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/outrageous-pic-hamas-terrorists-parading-shani-louks-body-wins-big-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savage<\/a> attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hundreds were killed at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-young-israelis-recount-how-their-desert-party-became-a-killing-field\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Israeli Youth Share Horrifying Account of Desert Party Turned Deadly\">peaceful music festival<\/a> alone.<\/p>\n<p>It was the event that sparked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-expands-gaza-plans-no-us-troops-needed-stability-reign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing<\/a> iteration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-israel-wipes-hamas-commander-helped-orchestrate-oct-7-massacre-idf-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The Irish rap collective Kneecap has faced multiple concert cancellations following societal backlash after they shared explicit messages. Reports indicate that their performances in Germany were canceled due to a display of the phrase &#8220;F*** Israel&#8221; at one of their shows. Specifically, the Hurricane and Southside music festivals have removed them from their lineups, and tickets for events in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg scheduled for September are no longer available.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Deputies of British Jews expressed significant concern over the band&#8217;s comments, as reported by the BBC. Additionally, counter-terrorism police are looking into statements made by Kneecap that allegedly included threats against members of parliament. A video surfaced showing a band member saying something along the lines of &#8220;The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to these cancellations on social media platform X, Kneecap maintained an anti-establishment stance: they claimed that those in power want people to think words are more dangerous than genocide and accused them of selectively using past footage to create moral outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Kneecap asserted that they do not support Hamas or Hezbollah and condemned all attacks on civilians while rejecting any implication that they would incite violence against any individual or MP. They argued that their comments have been taken out of context and exploited to distract from what they believe should be discussions about humanitarian issues related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza\u2014an issue highlighted by recent violent events where over 1,000 people were killed during an attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kneecap.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,54588,4671,3863],"class_list":["post-2430727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-hip-hop-2","tag-israel","tag-music"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kneecap.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430731,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430727\/revisions\/2430731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}