The draft is about making the NFL dream come true for hundreds of college players. The artist K'NAAN captures the essence of the event with "Dreamer," which will be used as the theme song throughout ...

In July, Somalian-born, Canadian-based rapper K’NAAN — who learned to speak English by listening to Nas and was inspired to make music by Bob Marley — will release his highly anticipated third album, ...

Keinan Warsame vividly remembers the first time he was impressed by a rap song. As a recent transplant from war-ravaged Somalia, the then-15-year-old immigrant barely understood English and openly ...

This summer, while much of the music world was waiting for an Ivy League reach-around from Vampire Weekend, another more potent—hell, more important—collision of African culture and American musical ...

It’s hard not to be politically minded when revolution is in your blood. Chalk it up to a rich, cultural inheritance bestowed by a family of prolific poets and singers, but Somalia-born rapper K’Naan ...

K’NAAN “T.I.A” music video directed by: NABIL from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.Are you interested in checking out the upcoming K’naan’s and Matisyahu show this Wednesday night at the Moore Theater? The ...

Somali-born rap musician K'naan is known for telling gritty stories about his childhood in war-torn Mogadishu through hip-hop music. On Country,... K'Naan On Cheapening His Music For The Money ...

Somali Hip-Hop star K naan will give fans more than enough opportunities to see him live as he hits the road for a series of summer festival performances in the US and Canada. The trek will kick off ...

Last Sunday, rapper K’Naan penned a compelling, tragic opinion piece in the New York Times about his experience in the American major label system. In it, he discusses his rise to prominence and the ...

As documented in the January ’09 issue of SPIN, Somalian emcee K’naan’s arduous journey from child refugee in his war-torn homeland to rising hip-hop artist will pay off with the Feb. 24 release of ...

(AllHipHop News) Somali born/Canadian raised rapper K’Naan is lashing out at presidential candidate Mitt Romney, for using one of his best known songs without permission. Mitt Romney used K’Naan’s#### ...

The Messengers has been available for several months, but the mixtape has gone largely unnoticed. Whenever an unofficial album such as this surfaces, it tends to raise lots of philosophical and moral ...