Limerick rapper Strange Boy: 'The rest of the country kind of lives in Dublin's shadow'
Strange Boy has a new single and a debut album on the way. Picture: Paul McCarthy
For the better part of the past five years, the rapper Strange Boy has grown exponentially more mysterious and unpredictable, even as hip-hop and traditional Irish music — the styles in which his world collide — have shifted direction.
International audiences have become more attuned to his frequency — he recently played the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and performs at the WOMEX World Music Expo in October — and his star is also rising in his home country. In 2023 he was announced as the recipient of the Liam O'Flynn Award, a prize bestowed each year by the Arts Council and the National Concert Hall to recognise individual creativity in traditional Irish music.
