It would be deceiving the reader to suggest that I would recognise the work of the Belfast rap group, Kneecap, if I heard it on a loop in the lift, though if some of the stuff is indeed in the Irish language, it’s possible that would register with me. I’m betting though that I wouldn’t much care for it. In fact, not having listened to their oeuvre, there are just a couple of things to judge them by: what they say and do.
Actually, let’s go back further. It’s possible that British fans may not register the significance of the name; it’s not merely an oddball anatomical reference; it refers to the IRA’s way with informers, assumed criminals and others they didn’t care for, viz, to shoot them in the back of the knee, thereby inflicting excruciating pain and permanently crippling the victim.
