‘People are vibing off each other’s cultures’: Hare Squead and the rise of Irish rap

Dublin’s once-insular music scene is being transformed by a global-facing DIY hip-hop scene. It’s a long way from the hackneyed Irish music stereotypes of Ed Sheeran’s Galway GirlDown a dingy industrial backstreet, a queue assembles outside Hangar, a former shirt factory in the heart of the creative quarter of Dublin. Guests, unperturbed by the rain drenching their outfits, are gathered for a regular rap, trap and R&B club night. Inside, there is a welcome lack of posturing