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Breaking ‘Kneecap’: How a Music Biopic Born From an ‘All-Night Bender’ Became One of Ireland’s Most Important Films (and a Likely Oscars Contender) 

By Alex Ritman Aug 1, 2024 | 6:31 AM

“Has anyone worn a tracksuit to the Oscars?” It’s not a question Naoise O’ Cairealláin — one-third of the fast-rising Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap, who is better known by his stage name Móglaí Bap — ever thought he’d be asking. But with “Kneecap,” the anarchic semi-fictitious biopic in which he plays his perma-tracksuited self, gaining momentum ahead of its […]