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Hi and hello everyone. Anthony Fantano
here, internet's busiest music nerd. I
hope you're doing well. Today we have to
do a bit of an update on a very
aggravating and strange story that is
ongoing in the music industry, and that
is all of the controversy that is
currently surrounding the Irish hiphop
outfit kneecap. Now, we recently talked
about kneecap on the channel coming
under fire uh due to their Coachella
performance uh that happened not too
long ago. There were some very strongly
worded visuals going on behind them on
the stage as they were performing uh
that were in response to the ongoing
genocide in Palestine. We covered a lot
of the context and everything having to
do with that in the video. We will link
to it down below so you can check it out
for yourself just in case you missed it.
Now, to be point blank and frank, it is
true that kneecap undeniably has a
history of making controversial
statements, engaging in some pretty
radical political rhetoric here and
there, too. in a public statement they
released not too long after the
Coachella performance uh when they were
seeing a lot of heat in the music
industry. They put out a public apology
as well about some of the stuff they
have said in the past, but ultimately
made the point that the reaction to
their statements are a bit outsized when
you're talking about the real topic of
the conversation here. The real issue,
the real problem is the ongoing
genocide, which is gross and disgusting
and frankly agree with them or not. Far
more offensive as a thing than anything
kneecap has ever done or said on any
stage anywhere ever. Now, you may be of
the opinion that, hey, Anthony, look,
uh, these guys may be entitled to say
whatever they want to say, but they're
not entitled to be free of uh,
consequences for saying those things in
terms of uh, people reacting or having
certain opinions or maybe not wanting to
work with them and so on and so forth.
And I would say to that, fair. You don't
have to agree with me. You don't have to
agree with kneecap or their politics.
But now, as further proof of this
outsized reaction to uh the group and
stuff they've said, uh things they've
done on stage, one of the members of the
group, Moara, has now been hit with a
terror offense by the British government
over the display of a Hezbollah flag on
stage uh during a November performance
last year. It wasn't even me. If found
guilty, he faces a potential maximum
sentence of 6 months in prison and a
€6,000 fine. And to add insult to
injury, he's also been charged under the
anglicized version of his name, which
the vast majority of the English press
insists on using. Ncap, in response to
this charge, has put out a public
statement. 14,000 babies are about to
die of starvation in Gaza with food sent
by the world sitting on the other side
of a wall. And once again, the British
establishment is focused on us. We deny
this offense and will vehemently defend
ourselves. This is political policing.
This is a carnival of distraction. We
are not the story. Genocide is. As they
profit from genocide, they use an
anti-terror law against us for
displaying a flag thrown on stage. A
charge not serious enough to even
warrant their crown court. Instead, a
court that doesn't even have a jury.
What's the objective? The ban goes on to
bolster their positions on the Israel
Palestine issue and also alleges that
this is all being done in order to keep
them from traveling. And again, you're
free to be offended by the display of a
Hezbollah flag. As I said in my previous
video, I do think there is an argument
that Ncap has taken it a bit far with
some of their language and support for
the group. Also, it's important to note
that Hezbollah is actually a Lebanese
political party as well, not just some
isolated rag tag terror group. And
again, I would imagine that kneecap or
any other artist uh wouldn't see these
kinds of repercussions for flying the
flag or endorsing the views of uh some
of the most extremist and far-right
parties in Israel's political system.
And the only reason these charges are
coming up now at this moment is because
of the controversy and just everybody
investigating into the group and trying
to go over every single thing they've
done and said in a song on stage with a
fine tooth comb, looking for something
to get them on to put them in some kind
of legal chokeold and silence them in
some form or fashion. Legally unhinged.
And again, a distraction from the real
actual issue here, uh, the genocide.
Every week coming out of Palestine,
there are still stories of shelters
being bombed, children being killed, and
aid being withheld in some form or
fashion uh, from starving people on the
Gaza Strip. I mean, it shows you where
exactly the government's priorities are
given that I'm sure there are people who
are very radical, very vocal on the side
of everything Israel is doing right now.
However, that's not considered offensive
enough to uh rise to the station of a
terrorism charge. On top of that, with
all of the proof of this genocide
happening, all the footage, all the
everything, all the innocent lives lost,
you don't see the British government
basically trying to reorient itself to
distance itself from it or prevent it.
Also, on top of that, no, instead focus
and resources and all of that are going
toward charging kneecap and approaching
the situation and investigating them as
if we were talking about like hardcore
terrorists here. Again, the reaction,
the actions here obviously outsized. And
the only thing more disgusting than
watching kneecap be put through the
ringer here is the actual genocide that
they're reacting to and doing this all
in response to. I think I'm going to
leave it here for now until more comes
up out of this story. Let me know in the
comments what you think about all of
this. I'm sure you will. Over here next
to my head is another video that you can
check out. Hit that up or the link to
subscribe to the channel. Anthony
Fantano
kneecap forever.
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