Rap & Hip-Hop

Cork producer Jar Jar Jr’s Fallen Angel melds Madvillainy into new shapes

One of Cork’s lesser-known musical success stories is Robert O’Halloran, a beatmaker better known in…

Jus’Me’s The History of Irish Hip-Hop on Vinyl mix

“How lucky is Cork to have that dude? Hip-hop MVP of the country for years…

Soulé slays in new video for ‘What Do You Know?’

Soulé’s ‘What Do You Know’ dropped a few short weeks ago and has racked up…

Spekulativ Fiktion and Mankyy pen their ‘Epilogue’
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After an eight-day programme of gigs and music documentaries that included Cork alt-rockers’ Hope is…

Naive Ted and Post-Punk Podge talk tough on mental health

The don of Limerick hip-hop has been back at it as of late, and he’s…

Belfast rapper Leo Miyagee introduces himself on District’s label

London-raised, Belfast-based, Zimbabwean artist Leo Miyagee introduces himself on ‘IDGAF’ with a brief history of…

Rusangano Family ask for Barry’s or Lyons on new song ‘Tea In A Pot’

With a show coming up on Saturday at Electric Picnic this weekend, Rusangano Family dropped…

Henry Earnest is the latest Dublin producer impressing us from Soft Boy Records

Soft Boy Records came on my radar via a mixtape of beats featuring label founders…

MF Doom starts 15-track Adult Swim singles series

MF Doom has announced a new weekly single series on Adult Swim featuring music from…

CRW$HD channel the brattiness of the Beastie Boys on new EP

There haven’t been many Beastie soundalikes over the years because it’s hard to recreate the…

Cork’s Jay Ronic drops afro-beat take on ‘Mask Off’

Cork artist Jay Ronic’s music is inspired by Afro, trap and hip-hop alike so it…

Irish rapper JyellowL reaches for something deeper on ‘Cold in the Summer’

Upcoming Irish rapper JyellowL just dropped ‘Cold In The Summer’, a seven minute track detailing…

Rusangano Family debut mental heath-centred video for ‘I Know You Know’

Rusangano Family have debuted the Bob Gallagher-directed video shot in Clare for new single ‘I…

Watch a trailer for an upcoming Irish hip-hop documentary

The Truth About Irish Hip Hop is an upcoming documentary, Directed and produced by Gavin…

Rusangano Family release new single ‘I Know You Know’

Rusangano Family will follow up their Choice Music Prize winning second album Let The Dead…

Run The Jewels & Big Boi are on Danger Mouse’s new song

Danger Mouse’s song from Edgar Wright’s forthcoming film, Baby Driver features Run The Jewels and…

Get Rejjie Snow’s new 13-track mixtape The Moon & You

Rejjie Snow this morning released The Moon & You, a debut mixtape and free download.…

Kojaque is looking for your ‘Wificode’

Kojaque is a Dublin rapper who has been making music for several years via Youtube…

Sligo rap trio This Side Up drop ‘Billy No Mates’ video

This Side Up are a Sligo trio that dropped an excellent album of West Coast…

There’s a Danger Doom reissue coming with unreleased songs like this one with The Roots’ Black Thought

Danger Doom’s The Mouse and The Mask, the 2005 collaborative album between MF Doom and…