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Name:
K'NAAN
Channel Views:
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Style:
Hip-Hop
Age:
36
Joined:
Mar 3, 2006
Latest Activity:
2 days ago
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Troubadour - the new album
In stores and online February 24th!!
About Me:
 
Somalia.
The name alone conjures up images of unbridled destruction, merciless warlords and ruthless terror. A place where nobody—children, the elderly, religious figures—is safe from the atrocities of war, and where the idea of childhood, where 8-year olds handle AK-47s like toys, exists in chronological terms alone. When Forbes magazine recently unveiled their Most Dangerous Destinations, Somalia, above Iraq and Afghanistan, topped the list.

But its also The Nation of Poets, where a poem can both inspire peace and end wars. Where every weekend, regardless of the climate, one can find a play or concert at a local theatre.

Growing up, it was both of these Somalias that informed musician/emcee Knaan Warsame, whose sophomore album Troubadour is released this September. The grandson of Haji Mohamed, one of Somalias most famous poets, and nephew of famed Somali singer Magool, the emcee is creating his own musical path through reggae, funk, pop, soul and, above all, hip-hop.

Recorded primarily in Kingston, Jamaica at the legendary Tuff Gong studios and Bob Marleys home studio, Troubadour is a hip-hop album like no other. With contributions by Damian Marley, Mos Def, Chubb Rock, Vernon Reid and Adam Levine and James Valentine (Maroon 5), Knaan successfully blends samples and live instrumentation for a sound thats both rooted in traditional African melodies and the classic hip-hop tradition.
For more info go to:
http://www.myspace.com/knaa...

Want to know what K'NAAN is up to right now? Check him out on TWITTER at:
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Record Label:
A&M/Octone Records
Label Type:
Major Label
Band Members:
K'NAAN - MC
Hometown:
Toronto
Country:
Somalia
Albums:
NEW EP, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SILENCE AVAILABLE NOW!!  
Get K'NAAN's brand new EP, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SILENCE today, exclusively at iTunes. The 5-song EP features Nelly Furtado and NAS on tracks "Is Anybody Out There," "Nothing To Lose," and "Better"

Go to: http://bit.ly/KN-MBTS
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Premiering today on HipHopDX.com, check out the new lyric video for "Coming To America" from K'NAAN's new 5-song EP, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ...   more
 
 
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Pick up your copy of K'NAAN's debut album, Troubadour, featuring "Take a Minute," "Wavin' Flag," "Bang Bang" and 10 o...   more
 
Channel Comments
baby2mitu (1 day ago)
Bang..Bang. I didn't see this coming so soon. They got you too.... "Some games you play, some games you get played" Tupak.
dragonballman07 (2 days ago)
go back 2 ur old material i'm begging u as a somali and a fan not this sellout sht
UKBOXlNGFAN (1 week ago)
LOVE UR MUSIC KNAAN <3
suldanmuusealiguuled (1 week ago)
wadadaad martaan soomari rabaa kolkaan soomaali qabaail kunacay xataa kaygii, xaaladeydu kaynaanow siday noqotaba dadkaa kale iyo aduun weyne ayaan diirada iyo doorbaynka saarta insha allah guulna wey noqon waana anigii ducaystee qaadeyba sxb k naan heestaydii aaaguulalee waxbaan ka arkay
guulow guulee guuled guulee aaa guulalee.
suldanmuusealiguuled (1 week ago)
yaa inaadeer allah hakaa jasaa,isiiyoo, takale suldanmuuse isagoo far qudhi fool madhaqdo ah oo saaxiib iyo ehel saboodin ayuu kartidii sxb kaynaan kartidii wadadaadii internationally isagoon waxba islahayn laakiin maskax wsc.
bwrecks (2 weeks ago)
Great track dude
wilcoshare (2 weeks ago)
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley
k'naan thanks for being an ambassador to our nation
wilcoshare blog
Antwnhs92 (3 weeks ago)
Go K'naan and Nas :D
poeticmurder (3 weeks ago)
wow, i just heard of you thru Nas.. loving the new collab you did with him! it's good to hear that hunger in his flow again, great stuff! you're pretty talented yourself man! Rapping is a form of self expression, art in its purest form. the beat is my canvas & my lyrics are the brush, a painting that lasts forever.. check me out! peace & respect
harunsamatar (1 month ago)
i under stand i am somila and i proud
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