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Canadian musician K'naan charged deal with sexual charge in Quebec City
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Somalia. The name alone conjures up images of unbridled destruction, merciless warlords and ruthless terror. A place where nobody is safe from the atrocities of war, and where 8-year olds handle AKs like toys. When Forbes magazine recently unveiled their "Most Dangerous Destinations," Somalia, above Iraq and Afghanistan, topped the list. But it's also "The Nation of Poets," where a poem can both inspire peace and end wars.
Growing up, it was both of these Somalias that informed musician/emcee K'naan Warsame, who is forging his own musical path via a unique blend of reggae, funk, pop, soul and, above all, hip-hop. Recorded primarily in Kingston, Jamaica at Bob Marley's home studio, K'naan's second album, "Troubadour," includes contributions by the likes of Damian Marley, Mos Def, Chali 2na, Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
During his early childhood, the Western music which reached K'naan's ears was pretty much limited to "Bob Marley and Tracy Chapman," until at 10, he became fascinated by the hip-hop being emitting from a tinny car speaker. "I had heard a rap verse, but I had no idea what it was back then," he recalls.
At 14, K'naan and his three best friends were attacked by warlords, just one of countless indelible images for the impressionable teenag
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K'naan got tired of the spotlight. So he stepped behind the camera for his debut film
TORONTO — K’naan Warsame shot to international stardom in the late aughts with his smash hit “Wavin’ Flag." Not long after, he waved goodbye to the limelight.
“I don't think at the time that I was cut out for that kind of intensity,” the Somali-Canadian rapper and singer says of the chart-topper, which soared beyond airwaves to become Coca-Cola’s promotional anthem for the World Cup and spurred remixes by stars including and David Guetta.
“I still really appreciated the experience and all of that, but it was nuts. It was a lot,”Warsame says.
After dropping his album “Country, God or the Girl,” he decided to take a step back from the music business. He says he felt drained by the demands of the album release cycle.
“I’ve probably made two albums worth of music since that time, but I just haven’t released it because I lost the energy for putting music out. It just takes so much to be trying to crack through the noise and be like, ‘I’ve got something to hear!” the year-old says on a video call from his New York apartment.
"I want whatever I'm doing for now to be about the work itself and less so about my own identity and history."
Warsame says he’s spent the last decade creating things th