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K'naan means "traveler" in Somali. It is exactly what he has been all his life.
After living amidst a civil war in an impoverished Somalia up until the age of thirteen, K'naan began a new chapter of his life by utilizing his talents to its full capacity as he wanted to rhyme for a cause. First moving to Harlem with his mother and brother, they later relocated to Canada to begin a new life. Using his rhymes and spoken word to demonstrate the lack of response to Somalia's situation, K'naan performed for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1999 and later sought after for the 2001 Building Bridges album project which exposed exiled artists from Africa. After teaming up with Jarvis Church and the Track & Field team in 2002, "The Dusty Foot Philosopher" was released in Canada in 2005 and now will be released in the U.S. as a "Deluxe Edition" featuring newly mixed tracks,
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- In K’Naan released The Dusty Foot Philosopher, a rap album that fused traditional African instrumentation to the familiar structures of American hip-hop.
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- In 2005 K’Naan released The Dusty Foot Philosopher, a rap album that fused traditional African instrumentation to the familiar structures of American hip-hop.Among its standout tracks, “Soobax” (Somali: “Come Out”) was a direct challenge to the warlords of his native land, rapped and sung in a mix of English and Somali, and “What’s Hardcore?” was a withering commentary on the.
| k naan extrapolations | He was born in 1978, the year the Somali war effort in Ethiopia failed, and was raised in a country spiralling towards civil war. |
| k naan is anybody out there | K’naan’s debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, is a reflection on his tumultuous journey from the chaos of 1990s Somalia to the cold streets of Toronto, laced with insights about nostalgia, the pain of displacement, but also resilience of the human spirit. |
| bang bang k naan movie | In 2005 K'Naan released The Dusty Foot Philosopher, a rap album that fused traditional African instrumentation to the familiar structures of American hip-hop. |
K’naan :: The Dusty Foot Philosopher – RapReviews
- The Dusty Foot Philosopher is a concept album chronicling K’naan’s life journey.
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- K'naan's The Dusty Foot Philosopher is a testimony of the refugee's experience, but also produces an updated success story that centers on one of the most complex and dramatic phenomena of our global era.