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K'naan Biography

Keinan Abdi Warsame better known by his stage name K'naan (/ˈkeɪnɑːn/), is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. He rose to prominence with the success of his single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Besides hip-hop, K'naan's sound is influenced by elements of Somali music and world music. He is also involved in various philanthropic initiatives.

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You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

Know, Speak, Voice, World

It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you. ' It's just I am.

I Can Do It, Life, Longer, Look, Looks

It is the very survival of the streets that makes children pick up guns in Somalia, not some older, wide-eyed rebel leader. My intimate experiences during these years are something which I have shared with people through my music but am very careful about how they are addressed.

Addressed, Careful, Children, Gun, Years

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

Feel Better, Feel Good, Give, Giving, Good, Kind

Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it. Here's the 5 steps in hopes to explain it: 1, It's me and my Nation against the World 2, Then me and my Clan against the Nation 3, Then me and my Fam against the Clan 4, Then me and my Brother, we no hesitation Go against the Fam until they cave in 5, Now who's left in this deadly equation? That's right, it's me against my Brother Then we point a Kalashnikov And kill one another.

Against, Brother, Deadly, Hip Hop, Left, Rap

And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all.

Damn, Knows, Men, Thing

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

Musically, Somalis, Sophisticated, Thing

My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me

Arms, Drifting, Owes, Rap, Trouble

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

Authentically, False, Goal, Mean, Reached, Way

When I get older, I will be stronger

Older, Stronger

I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.

Artist, Enjoy, Reach, Think, Thinking, Two

I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

Challenges, Challenging, People, Struggle

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

Forgotten, People, Somalia, Voice, World

It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks

Candle, Dark, Eye, Light

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

Hunting, Learns, Lion, Lions, Speak, Tales

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

Authenticity, Center, Know How, Write, Writing

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.

Artist, Dream, Leader, Thought

In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. I got to fully experience and appreciate both the tragedy of Somalia and the beauty of it.

Beautiful, War, Hard Times, Somalia, Manage, Hard

I learned to fire guns at the age of nine or so, but luckily was not out killing people. We zigzagged the streets to escape those trying to kill us. I guess it would have been a matter of time till I turned around with a gun myself, to go after those coming for us. But I was fortunate. The grenade incident was about an explosion which destroyed a section of my school, from a grenade that me and my cousin detonated by accident. We both lived to tell about it.

Cousin, Destroyed, Grenade, Gun, Incident, School