Hennessy shares the highly anticipated line-up for their renowned space at Body & Soul Festival. Year on year, Hennessy continues to invest in new Irish talent, securing its reputation amongst the Irish hip hop scene as tastemakers and champions of Irish music and culture. This investment is evident, as ever, through the stellar line-up of Irish and international hip hop acts announced today, especially curated by District for Hennessy’s acclaimed area at the 2022 edition of Body & Soul. Serving up the best in cultural expression and creative cocktails, Hennessy is thrilled to return for another amazing, eclectic celebration over three days and nights from 17 – 19 June, as part of Body & Soul’s immersive and adventurous weekend full of surprises.
Over the years some of the biggest artists in the world have namechecked Hennessy in their lyrics, from Tupac and Biggie in the 90s, to Drake and Kendrick Lamar in more recent years. The birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx 40 years ago gave a voice to a generation that felt they had none and it became the vehicle of choice for young people to express themselves. Ireland’s journey with hip hop began in the very late 80s, with a group of pioneers who unashamedly wore their Irishness in every bit of their art and today it has grown into one of the country’s best-loved genres.
These trailblazers led the way for some of Ireland’s most exciting talent to date, many of whom will be playing across the festival weekend. These include the critically acclaimed JyellowL, who’s debut 2020 album D|vision reached No. 2 on the official iTunes album charts and was nominated for Irish album of the year at the 2020 RTÉ Choice Music Prize Awards. Joining him in the opening night celebrations on Friday will be neo-soul artist Tomike (who also features in Body & Soul‘s film, Ériu), psych-soul artist Caleb Kunle, Dublin hip-hop artist Ahmed, With Love., Drogheda rap star Alicia Raye, and finishing off the night are two incredible DJs, Bella Festa and Louise Chen.
Saturday kicks off with thought-provoking panel discussions featuring some of Ireland’s brightest minds and most culturally important contributors. Beginning the musical offerings will be the versatile and emotive UNQ, followed by Drimnagh rapper FYNCH, Cork conceptual artist Salamay, lo-fi hip-hop and R&B artist Shiv, singular Limerick rapper Strange Boy, jazz and R&B inspired rapper Nealo and getting you moving into the late-night party we’ve got Dublin MC and producer duo Mango X MathMan leading into a fabled b2b from Handsome Paddy and Bobofunk.
The Sunday serving will leave you wishing for another weekend of Hennessy line-ups! Panel talks ease us into the day once more, opening for the Dundalk duo, Negro Impacto, followed by Dublin alt-rapper KhakiKid, multi-instrumentalist Abbacaxi, rapper and songwriter Celaviedmai, profilic rapper poet Malaki, alternative R&B artist Monjola from Lucan and partying the way into the last hurrah for Hennessy at Body & Soul 2022 is a DJ set from EMA B2B Jio.
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