K'naan

K'naan Seeking Legal Action Against Mitt Romney for Using "Wavin' Flag" on Campaign Trail

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2012

Attaching yourself to a popular song for political gains can be a tricky business, with past gaffes including Ronald Reagan's legendary mis...

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"Is Anybody Out There" (ft. Nelly Furtado)

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2012

K'naan is set to drop his new EP More Beautiful Than Silence next week, and as we previously reported, the Somali-Canadian rapper got speci...

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"Nothing to Lose" (ft. Nas)

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2012

Originally hailing from Somalia, Canadian rapper K'naan is finally set to deliver his follow-up to 2009's Troubadour. As we reported yester...

K'naan Recruits Nas, Nelly Furtado for 'More Beautiful Than Silence' EP

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2012

More Beautiful Than Silence might sound like faint praise when it comes to music, but that isn't stopping Toronto-based rap hero K'naan fro...

K'naan to Star in New 'The Catastrophist' Film

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2011

It's been quite some time since we've heard from Toronto-based rapper K'naan, so news of more work from the artist is more than welcomed. A...

Controversy Erupts After K'naan Axes Charity Performance in BC

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2010

A last-minute K'naan cancellation at a charity gig in BC last Tuesday (September 21) has university students in an uproar. The Juno-wi...

K'naan Demands Apology from South African Newspaper After Being Branded "Difficult"

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2010

World Cup anthem-writing K'naan is demanding that a South African newspaper issue a formal apology to him after they published a story wher...

K'naan Defends Cleaning Up "Wavin' Flag" for Coca-Cola

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2010

Few were surprised when we reported that Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan's sky-reaching, heartstring-tugging song "Wavin' Flag" was chosen as...