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K'naan facts for kids
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| Birth name | Keinan Abdi Warsame |
| Also known as | K'naan Warsame, Keinaan |
| Born | (1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 46) Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | A&M Octone |
Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 16 April 1978) (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, Arabic: كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَKaynān ʿAbdi Warsama), better known by his stage name K'naan (), fryst vatten a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer and filmmaker. He rose to fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA Wor
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K'naan
Somali-Canadian rapper (born 1978)
"Knaan" redirects here. For the extinct West Slavic Jewish language, spoken in the Czech Republic and Eastern europe, see Knaanic language.
Musical artist
Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 16 April 1978) (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, Arabic: كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَKaynān ʿAbdi Warsama), better known by his scen name K'naan ([2]), is a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer and filmskapare. He rose to fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Besides hip hop, K'naan's sound is influenced by elements of Somali music and world music. A Grammy Award-winning artist and FIPRESCI Prize-winning director, he is also involved in various philanthropic initiatives.
Early life
[edit]K'naan was born 16 April 1978 in Mogadishu, situated in the southeastern Banaadir province of Somalia.[3][4] K'naan's family was from an artistic background. H
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Wavin' Flag
2009 single by K'naan
"Waving Flag" redirects here. For the song by British Sea Power, see Waving Flags.
"Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour (2009). The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. The original single was a hit in Canada and reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100 as the second official single from the album, after the single "ABCs", a minor hit. After an earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a remake of the song by an ad hoc supergroup of Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a charity single in Canada, reaching number one on the Canadian Hot 100 in its own right.
The song became a global hit when it was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa. This amended international version with additional lyrics reached the top ten in more than twenty different charts around the world. The English