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K\u2019naan<\/a> is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia<\/a>, at age 13 he left for New York City<\/a> with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto<\/a>. K\u2019naan is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, at age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto. In 2001 K\u2019naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2005, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15979,35228],"tags":[18639,24276,35229],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-knaan","tag-hip-hop","tag-rap","tag-world-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/scxrl3t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn 2001 K\u2019naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a>.
\nIn 2005, he performed with DobaCaracol during the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario. His full-length debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher<\/a>, was released in 2005.
\nHis song \u201cSoobax\u201d (pronounced \u201cSo-Bah\u201d) is now featured in the best selling video game FIFA Football 2006, made by Electronic Arts and he has toured the world with the cup.
\nK\u2019naan participated in the Breedlove Odyssey Tour with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae. He also participated in the \u201cWelcome To Jamrock\u201d tour along with Damian Marley.
\nThe Dusty Foot Philosopher<\/a> received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He also featured in a song by M1, titled \u201cTill We Get There\u201d.
\nThe song \u201cIn the Beginning\u201d from the album The Dusty Foot Philosopher<\/a> was featured in the 2008 Comedy \u201cHarold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay\u201d
\nHe also toured with Stephen Marley on Stephen\u2019s \u201cMind Control\u201d tour.
\nHis latest album Troubadour<\/a> was released in 2009 featuring guests artists such as Damian Marley, Adam Levine, Kirk Hammett, Mos Def, and Chali 2NA.
\nA remixed version of K\u2019naan\u2019s single \u201cWavin\u2019 Flag\u201d was chosen as the Coca-Cola anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
\nK\u2019naan won the 2010 Juno Awards for Canada\u2019s Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"