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For now, please make sure to upload any images that should be kept to the merge target beforehand.</p><button class="dismiss-banner remove-item icon" data-banner-name="alert" type="button"></button></div><div class="" id="page"><div id="content"><div class="wrap-anywhere artistheader person-icon"><h1><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist</bdi>)</span></h1><p class="subheader"><span class="prefix">~</span> Person</p></div><div class="tabs"><ul class="tabs"><li><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan – K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, 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 class="sel"><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><h2 class="relationships">Relationships</h2><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>member of:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/7b501403-c009-41a4-a3b6-eb04fc37630b" title="Artists for War Child"><bdi>Artists for War Child</bdi></a><br/><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/de149788-e068-4d32-8bb4-96a915d91b1f" title="Paris Bamako, Les"><bdi>Les Paris Bamako</bdi></a><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>part of:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="serieslink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/series/f234e9c3-0eaa-4cd1-bb65-d6d9d807f573"><bdi>Attended York University</bdi></a> (order: 8)<br/><span class="serieslink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/series/fe393cb5-e6fd-4efa-b498-1f8fd0e2dd3a"><bdi>Juno Awards: Artist of the Year</bdi></a> (number: 2010: winner) (order: 335)<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>Discogs:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/727655"><bdi>https://www.discogs.com/artist/727655</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/7b948eab-97bb-4ebf-aaf2-c1930238b220">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>official homepages:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="http://www.thedustyfoot.com/"><bdi>http://www.thedustyfoot.com/</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/dee494a6-8e76-4ad8-8cf9-5c549119076b">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>other databases:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/knaan"><bdi>https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/knaan</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/e625037b-ac90-4f21-b9b4-5e63d25ac5c0">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Myspace:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://myspace.com/knaanmusic"><bdi>https://myspace.com/knaanmusic</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/37e90c35-8d92-4681-b078-4f941172eb13">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>social networking:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://twitter.com/knaan"><bdi>https://twitter.com/knaan</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/71d4b9b4-12e5-46b5-bdbd-c7c5ccb4e486">info</a>]<br/><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.facebook.com/knaan"><bdi>https://www.facebook.com/knaan</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/1534615e-6ea8-461e-94a3-f499fb7ef301">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>YouTube channels:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//www.youtube.com/user/knaan"><bdi>https://www.youtube.com/user/knaan</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/218ddde4-2843-4aa6-8e6e-bb4a567f2bb0">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>stream for free:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pGyQZx9thVa8GxMBeXscB"><bdi>https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pGyQZx9thVa8GxMBeXscB</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/71e8b4e2-310a-4f2f-bfc8-4dffa89c81b9">info</a>]<br/><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.deezer.com/artist/8003"><bdi>https://www.deezer.com/artist/8003</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/e09b23fd-5d2f-4058-9360-477478bddbfd">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Allmusic:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000630909"><bdi>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000630909</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/4e3071ba-1d88-45cd-b1bf-fbcecd7910b8">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>SecondHandSongs:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/56399"><bdi>https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/56399</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/9bf06875-115d-4450-95a7-487d44063887">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>VIAF ID:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/31816666/"><bdi>31816666</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/e6278ee9-723d-4f0e-9dd3-c89b9bb509be">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Wikidata:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297693"><bdi>Q297693</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/bf84199e-428f-4f10-a9da-8bc35ef8b272">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Last.fm:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.last.fm/music/K'naan"><bdi>https://www.last.fm/music/K'naan</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/b1a15524-55d4-427a-950f-b2c81ebd0bd8">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>streaming page:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//tidal.com/artist/32139"><bdi>https://tidal.com/artist/32139</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/4d76f841-9f63-438b-bd34-b3868c6eab8c">info</a>]<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><h2>Appearances</h2><table class="tbl"><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Title</th><th>Credited as</th><th>Attributes</th><th>Artist</th><th>Length</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="subh"><th></th><th colSpan="5">performed</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/daeda4c6-dbbe-4413-b324-4d2be88700a5"><bdi>One</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/artist/5d728401-e78e-4f9b-821f-af961d94eabb" title="Church, Jarvis"><bdi>Jarvis Church</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>4:21</td></tr><tr class="subh"><th></th><th colSpan="5">produced</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/f0897972-25f6-40ea-99d0-6ed4a9168b92"><bdi>Fatima</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><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>5:02</td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/2e019e1e-f49b-465d-b04b-6698871f168f"><bdi>Jessica Brooke</bdi></a></td><td>k'naan</td><td></td><td><a href="/artist/063271a7-116b-45b4-a2b6-91721fb3906e" title="Airospace (Hip Hop)"><bdi>Airøspace</bdi></a></td><td>5:53</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/1cd3154d-bf59-49e5-a333-4072687d17f0"><bdi>T.I.A.</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><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>3:38</td></tr><tr class="subh"><th></th><th colSpan="5">vocals</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/4fb4f0ce-4fb4-49ab-8854-f6cf0deb8c8e"><bdi>'Til We Get There</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>guest</td><td><a href="/artist/beafbe79-3a73-4554-b9d0-0599ab02ff9a" title="M‐1 (US rapper, of dead prez)"><bdi>M‐1</bdi></a> feat. <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan – K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K'Naan</bdi></a></span> & <a href="/artist/c9964918-e6e0-4380-a394-2c62a78c8c1c" title="James, Stori"><bdi>Stori James</bdi></a></td><td>4:25</td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976"><bdi>Africa</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>guest</td><td><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>3:48</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/0559fa1b-10be-483e-ade2-e9f492dc96df"><bdi>Africa Must Wake Up</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>guest</td><td><a href="/artist/cfbc0924-0035-4d6c-8197-f024653af823" title="Nas (US rapper)"><bdi>Nas</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/cbfb9bcd-c5a0-4d7c-865f-2c641c171e1c" title="Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong”"><bdi>Damian Marley</bdi></a></span> 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>6:40</td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/0770af0b-765e-4890-8574-a7d0dd374d38"><bdi>Earth From Outer Space</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/artist/e23eac42-f904-47da-8599-823ff431bea4" title="Franti, Michael & Spearhead"><bdi>Michael Franti & Spearhead</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>3:53</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/daeda4c6-dbbe-4413-b324-4d2be88700a5"><bdi>One</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>spoken vocals [rap]</td><td><a href="/artist/5d728401-e78e-4f9b-821f-af961d94eabb" title="Church, Jarvis"><bdi>Jarvis Church</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>4:21</td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/edf8a2c5-102e-443b-8a1d-3c5e6a988bba"><bdi>Tamatant Tilay / Exodus</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/artist/27613b78-1b9d-4ec3-9db5-fa0743465fdd" title="Hancock, Herbie (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)"><bdi>Herbie Hancock</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/5c98fc12-be83-4246-ae5b-2184192913b9" title="Tinariwen"><bdi>Tinariwen</bdi></a>, <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> & <a href="/artist/2b9967c7-3246-4658-a561-ded5408dd9af" title="Lobos, Los"><bdi>Los Lobos</bdi></a></td><td>4:47</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="recordinglink"></span><a href="/recording/7f70c878-b6a1-4e99-91a8-6a9742d19cdc"><bdi>Wavin’ Flag (Coca‐Cola® Celebration Mix)</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td><span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan – K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’NAAN</bdi></a></span> with <a href="/artist/15122bd0-ca47-4e33-8997-27255f5397ac" title="Ai (Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)"><bdi>AI</bdi></a></td><td>3:57</td></tr><tr class="subh"><th></th><th colSpan="5">produced</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="releaselink"></span><a href="/release/b6ca55c9-10dd-494e-a003-5c183c4fffb4"><bdi>Country, God or the Girl</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>executive</td><td><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></td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="releaselink"></span><a href="/release/c042edd9-4a42-4bc3-821f-77df404ffb09"><bdi>The Dusty Foot Philosopher</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>executive</td><td><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></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="releaselink"></span><a href="/release/16ebe01b-899a-3e0a-90fb-f957d3179cd4"><bdi>Troubadour</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>executive</td><td><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></td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="releaselink"></span><a href="/release/4920c611-f9c0-4bf4-bbb0-2a2329a7bdf8"><bdi>Troubadour</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>executive</td><td><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></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="releaselink"></span><a href="/release/f39e3694-733b-4fc5-8e03-062a206ec4e9"><bdi>Troubadour</bdi></a></td><td></td><td>executive</td><td><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></td></tr><tr class="subh"><th></th><th colSpan="5">wrote</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/77d597e0-45d4-44da-ac7b-ba07b82e9389"><bdi>Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/feb0bf50-acac-4e2c-b7e6-32e9c553f25b"><bdi>Looking Back</bdi></a></td><td>Keinan Abdi Warsame</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/b78f855a-5ede-461a-be8a-df7093eb8c59"><bdi>Pay the Man</bdi></a></td><td>Keinan Abdi Warsame</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/5e30ca87-e59c-45e6-84d6-2fdc071e6287"><bdi>Stop for a Minute</bdi></a></td><td>Keinan Abdi Warsame</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/95a8cd8d-4fef-4cab-82cd-a03a965e01fb"><bdi>The Lazy Song</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="even"><td></td><td><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/c19ff9ea-05b6-30b5-a2c4-b9159331a76e"><bdi>Wavin' Flag</bdi></a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="sidebar"><script type="application/json">{"cachedImage":null,"entity":{"entityType":"artist","gid":"ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd"}}</script><div class="commons-image"></div><h2 class="artist-information">Artist information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">Person</dd><dt>Gender:</dt><dd class="gender">Male</dd><dt>Born:</dt><dd class="begin-date">1978-02-01 (46 years ago)</dd><dt>Born in:</dt><dd class="begin_area"><a href="/area/818db98d-8d9d-404b-adc1-caccc79652aa"><bdi>Mogadishu</bdi></a>, <a href="/area/4a22259a-14d7-4f44-b8d5-250935683d60"><bdi>Banaadir</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-SO"><a href="/area/d58b9eb1-c88d-3529-bb4c-b66c96b18c45"><bdi>Somalia</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>Area:</dt><dd class="area"><span class="flag flag-CA"><a 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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