TraviS and Elzzz: 'We're first-generation black kids living in Ireland'
TraviS and Elzzz are at Pearse Museum, Dublin, on May 23.
Considering the likes of Limerick’s Rusangano Family, Drogheda’s A92, and Dublin’s Kojaque have come before them, what was most surprising about TraviS and Elzzz hitting top spot in the Irish album charts in March with Doghouse was that it was the first ever Irish rap album to do so.
They got to No.2 last year with their Full Circle mixtape - Taylor Swift held them off No.1 - but this time they topped another pop princess in Ariana Grande for the honours. They say they were gunning for it this time round. “It was still on the table to be the first in Irish history to get it,” says Travis. “We knew what we were going for.”
