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singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Overview</bdi></a></span></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/releases" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Releases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/recordings" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Recordings</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/works" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Works</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/events" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Events</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/relationships" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Relationships</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/aliases" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Aliases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/tags" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Tags</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/ratings" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Reviews</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/details" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Details</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/edit" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>Edit</bdi></a></li></ul></div><script type="application/json">{"collapse":true,"entity":{"entityType":"artist","gid":"ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd"},"numberOfRevisions":0}</script><div class="annotation"></div><p><strong>Legal name:</strong> Keinan Abdi Warsame</p><script type="application/json">{"cachedWikipediaExtract":null,"entity":{"entityType":"artist","gid":"ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd"}}</script><div class="wikipedia-extract"></div><h2 class="discography">Discography</h2><script type="application/json">{"ajaxFormUrl":"https://musicbrainz.org/ajax/filter_artist_release_groups_form?artist_id=225575","initialFilterForm":null}</script><div class="filter"><div style="float:right;margin-top:-1.5em"><a class="filter-button"><img alt="" src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/filter-a7c3d16.png"/></a> <a class="filter-button" href="#">Filter</a></div></div><form action="/release_group/merge_queue?returnto=%2Fartist%2Fee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" method="post"><h3>Album</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2006</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/9d4ff7e1-98ca-3e74-ab22-400c1d901ee8"><bdi>The Dusty Foot Philosopher</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:80%">4</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2009</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/1507bca6-9459-3aa3-9d07-36a7063b3ba7"><bdi>Troubadour</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:60%">3</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">12</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2012</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/70b57e58-87e1-4ddf-a02a-935909a92b05"><bdi>Country, God or the Girl</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:60%">3</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">5</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Album + Live</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2007</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/c2fd76fb-8b0f-3127-8e65-f0b1bb1d9e22"><bdi>The Dusty Foot on the Road</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:100%">5</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/f46c1bca-7f68-41d9-87bf-b8b71419ee3c"><bdi>iTunes Live From Montreal</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Album + Remix</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2009</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/522e45c3-a4af-4465-b5a2-9e15676a0685"><bdi>The Messengers (Episode 3: Bob Dylan)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/bba897d7-1d33-4ac4-8440-0785cd0d2342" title="J.PERIOD – J.PERIOD"><bdi>J.Period</bdi></a></span> & <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2009</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/741631f5-6d19-4c8c-8400-b0bd03113922"><bdi>The Messengers (Episode 1: Fela Kuti)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/bba897d7-1d33-4ac4-8440-0785cd0d2342" title="J.PERIOD – J.PERIOD"><bdi>J.Period</bdi></a></span> & <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2009</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/7c80a7f1-2083-421c-830b-03616ec1ad68"><bdi>The Messengers (Episode 2: Bob Marley)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/bba897d7-1d33-4ac4-8440-0785cd0d2342" title="J.PERIOD – J.PERIOD"><bdi>J.Period</bdi></a></span> & <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Single</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/63b8e3c6-0839-46f5-854a-c2346e0adc59"><bdi>Wavin’ Flag (celebration mix)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">3</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/badb8bcc-6d46-411a-93a9-50495a7a3581"><bdi>Stop for a Minute</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/c7020c6d-cae9-4db3-92a7-e5c561cbad50" title="Keane"><bdi>Keane</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/f349a0ab-1dca-4d24-ac80-e70d76a7c1d4"><bdi>Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/5c3ca6f4-01cc-4445-8663-df11684790de" title="Professional Sinnerz"><bdi>Professional Sinnerz</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/fe2625a4-dc44-43b4-9416-5fd0dfdb7040" title="Κόμης Χ – Komis X (Greek rapper)"><bdi>Komis X</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/68b95426-2d75-4a94-87e7-43efc2696267"><bdi>旗開得勝 (wavin’ flag celebration mix)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/a2cab261-63cc-4ccf-8023-6b6e8588bb62" title="Cheung, Jacky"><bdi>張學友</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/2bc6819d-dd36-47cc-9ed7-945d3ff9ef31" title="张靓颖 – Zhang, Jane"><bdi>張靚穎</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2012</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/3ba9e005-8bd0-4cb6-8aff-e26175c385eb"><bdi>Is Anybody Out There?</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/13655113-cd16-4b43-9dca-cadbbf26ee05" title="Furtado, Nelly"><bdi>Nelly Furtado</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2012</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/a86b6704-d677-45d9-95c6-6ae48e17cc17"><bdi>Nothing to Lose</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2012</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/65de8703-f094-480b-a8b0-4234d86549b8"><bdi>Hurt Me Tomorrow</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2023</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/8cf402a1-1cf3-4e8f-990f-ccc2481a7eff"><bdi>Refugee</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Single + Remix</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/41019fd6-ee6d-49a5-b967-5217ac96b26a"><bdi>Wavin' Flag (Spanish Celebration mix)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> featuring <a href="/artist/95c8b6b7-1e24-4987-804c-024f6b05cd91" title="Bisbal, David"><bdi>David Bisbal</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:40%">2</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>EP</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2009</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/5ff68b48-6f16-466d-92fe-635e4ac95713"><bdi>The Messengers (Digi EP)</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/bba897d7-1d33-4ac4-8440-0785cd0d2342" title="J.PERIOD – J.PERIOD"><bdi>J.Period</bdi></a></span> & <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2010</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/21dbc00a-1816-4a55-b097-e6c6fe3f03c5"><bdi>Africa</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2012</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/988d622a-f0ad-48b6-98d2-2ee984f3f4c5"><bdi>More Beautiful Than Silence</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:60%">3</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table></form><p>Showing official release groups by this artist (<a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd?all=1">Show all release groups</a> / <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd?va=1">Show official various artist release groups</a> / <a 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href="/area/71bbafaa-e825-3e15-8ca9-017dcad1748b"><bdi>Canada</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>IPI code:</dt><dd class="ipi-code">00448655323</dd><dt>ISNI code:</dt><dd class="isni-code"><a href="http://www.isni.org/0000000078492990">0000 0000 7849 2990</a></dd></dl><h2 class="rating">Rating</h2><p><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:100%">5</span></span></span> (<a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/ratings" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>see all ratings</bdi></a>)</p><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p><a href="/tag/hip%20hop">hip hop</a>, <a href="/tag/pop%20rap">pop rap</a>, <a href="/tag/reggae-pop">reggae-pop</a></p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p><a href="/tag/world%20reggae">world reggae</a></p></div><p><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd/tags" 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