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K’naan is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. Born in Mogadishu, at age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto.

(not to be confused with Kna’an) (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978)

In 2001 K’naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

In 2005, he performed with DobaCaracol during the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario. His full-length debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, was released in 2005.

His song “

Soobax” (pronounced “So-Bah”) is now featured in the best selling video game FIFA Football 2006, made by Electronic Arts.

K’naan participated in the Breedlove Odyssey Tour with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae. He also participated in the “Welcome To Jamrock” tour along with Damian Marley.

The Dusty Foot Philosopher received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He also featured in a song by M1, titled “Till We Get There”.

The song “In the Beginning” from the album The Dusty Foot Philosopher was featured in the 2008 Comedy “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”

He also toured with Stephen Marley on Stephen’s “Mind Control” tour.

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1	Wavin' Flag full track	976
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5	Strugglin' full track	433
6	Bang Bang (feat. Adam Levine)	402
7	The Dusty Foot Philosopher full track	375
7	Dreamer full track	375
9	Somalia full track	370
10	Fatima full track	352
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13	People Like Me full track	298
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_stubbs_ wrote:
Thursday morning

Fatima is K'naan's best track [2]

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Aaronnnn wrote:
Monday morning

Take a Minute is one of the best tracks of all time

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kaotickita wrote:
Sunday evening

The woman on "Voices At The Crossroads" sounds like Tracy Chapman. Any confirmation?

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Roc_Melo wrote:
last week

hoobaale

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DECAPIT8HOOKERS wrote:
15 days ago

by the way, any have ANY idea why he elected to release the newer, vastly inferior version of 'Waving Flag' when the original is easily one of the best songs ever written? Seeing him perform it at Glasto a few years back was one of the best gig moments I've ever, waited two years for it, then the new one is just ok; gutted!

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DECAPIT8HOOKERS wrote:
15 days ago

Fatima is K'naan's best track closely followed by 'In the Beginning', discuss;

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araujof wrote:
15 days ago

great beat

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pinedasgal wrote:
17 days ago

i almost cried when he cancelled his tour dates with maroon 5. it was my dream concert at my college campus. it wont be the same without k'naan :-(

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Pankii wrote:
17 days ago

Wow, I am really like that I started to play NBA 2K10 and find this very good artist :)

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MMMathlete wrote:
18 days ago

If more rappers were real like this, I would actually like rap.

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TeeJayAllDay wrote:
19 days ago

Somalia's Finest!

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emdozet wrote:
19 days ago

Love him. :D

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emapia wrote:
20 days ago

bang bang!

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Your-Homeboy wrote:
20 days ago

great artist (:

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BNNs4l wrote:
21 days ago

Take A Minute The best!!!

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credicle- wrote:
24 days ago

'take a minute' is just nice !

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Zinmaru wrote:
27 days ago

Slept on k'naan for waaay too long. this is dope!!!!!

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Da_Realist wrote:
last month

Делает качественные вещи!!!!! Гений просто

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SKAcowany wrote:
last month

Take a minute = epic win.

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TapeMix wrote:
last month

check out this remix of wavin flag -it's not the official song of fifa 2010 though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3UicDqWTc

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K'NAAN Forced to Cancel Upcoming College Tour Dates Opening up For Maroon 5 this…

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K'NAAN has unfortunately announced that he will be canceling his upcoming concert dates opening up for Maroon 5 this November due to fatigue. The cancellation comes on the heels of K'NAAN's fall tour . …

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