"The reason Kneecap is being targeted is simple — we are telling the truth and our audience is growing," the Northern Irish hip-hop group says.

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have responded to criticism over their controversial Coachella performance, after angry criticism from Sharon Osbourne.

Kneecap’s “F*ck Israel, Free Palestine” stance and imagery at Coachella this weekend has earned both condemnation and outreach from one of America’s leading Jewish human rights organizations. Three days after the confrontational Irish hip-hop trio took to one of the high-profile festival’s stages in front of thousands and lambasted the Benjamin Netanyahu-led state over the