Hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this week, but it took a little longer for the genre to make an impact on the Irish music scene 🎵 🎤💿
Rejjie Snow, Móglaí Bap, The Rubberbandits, Mango, Jafaris, Erica Cody, Jordan Adetunji, Denise Chaila, Versatile and Hare Squead represent a portion of the Irish hip-hop industryBut it would take a little longer to reach the island of Ireland.
"Hip-hop was fundamental, that was always the base, but we listened to all sorts - reggae, funk, jazz, punk," Rí Rá told BBC News NI. He added: "From people within the hip-hop crowd it was a big thing. The support was massive. Like they had their own group now, their representatives, and we were it."
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