15 Irish Celebrities With Hood Passes [Photos]

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It’s hard not to get behind a holiday that encourages hard drinking, and in that regards, St. Patrick’s Day gets love in the hood. But it’s more than just green beer and clothing for the day.

From Chicago to South Boston, there are some ties that bind our kinfolk from The Emerald Isle. Get familiar with these 15 Irish celebrities with hood passes so you can finally do something besides get trashed and play the Pete Rock remix of “Jump Around.”

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Macklemore

He might need to fall back with taking screen shots of his text messages, but anyone who so perfectly articulates white privilege to the masses with no apologies has earned a stamp on their hood pass.

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President Barack Obama

This is a bit of a stretch, but the POTUS has Irish ties coutesy of his great-great-great-grandfather from the town of Moneygall in County Offaly. He visited the town in 2011 and even threw back some Guinness.

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Gwen Stefani

Yes, the name Stefani sounds like it has Italian roots. But Gwen’s mother Patti Flynn is of Irish and Scottish descent.

Kylie Jenner

Count this among one of the few things Jenner has in common with President Obama other than being a carbon-based life form that lives in America. Kylie claims small amounts of Scottish, Irish, Dutch, German, and French ancestry. Although we’re quite sure Tyga wants to put some… nevermind.

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Halle Berry

Since she’s gone on record quoting the “one drop rule,” Halle Berry also makes the cut. The mysteriously still fine actress has ties to Ireland courtesy of her mother, who is of English, German, Irish, and distant Dutch descent.

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Everlast

He battled Eminem, got one of the best Pete Rock Remixes ever, and rocked with Kurupt. Act like you know.

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Mariah Carey

Yeah, Mimi is Irish. Carey’s mother is hardcore Irish, while her father is black. She identifies as both or biracial, but we’ve seen her ratchet mode enough to know that Mariah has a hood pass tucked away in one of those designer handbags.

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Sasha Grey

Number one in the hood, G. The former adult actress identifies as Greek American and Irish. She’s been streamed and downloaded on enough laptops to get that honorary hood pass.

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Kurt Cobain

Count Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and Freddie Gibbs among the many who are proud Cobain and Nirvana fans. The legendary rocker’s family originally carried the surname Cobane, and they hailed from Pomeroy in the County Tyrone.

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Fergie

The “Fergie” comes from Stacy Ann Ferguson, which is actually more diverse than it sounds. The first lady of the Black Eyed Peas is of Irish, Scottish, English, Mexican, and Native American heritage.

Slaine

If there was any doubt, Slaine dropped the House Of Slaine mixtape (complete with a huge shamrock on the cover) just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

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Samantha Mumba

Singer Samantha Mumba is the rare person to whom the term “black Irish” is not a misnomer, since she’s not Montserratian. Mumba has a Zambian father, and Irish mother, and she was born in Dublin.

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Colin Farrell

All hail the man who allowed us to see vixen Nicole Narain in her glorious birthday suit thanks to their leaked sex tape. Hood pass issued and validated.

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Jamie Kennedy

Off the strength of Malibu’s Most Wanted alone.

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Jennifer Beals

Actress Jennifer Beals is one of the rare people that can claim Irish and African-American ancestry. Her mother is Irish American, while her father is African-American.