CONGRATULATIONS TO RAPPER K'NAAN ON THE RELEASE OF TROUBADOR.

I met with K'naan on December 16th 2008 at a gig where he performed in Toronto. This undeniable Somalian Canadian Rapper is no doubt one to know in 2009. Let me tell you. He is so concrete and tells it like it is. K'naan spoke to me about his album which comes out today. TROUBADOR! The hit song "ABC" is so popular on the radio and among the youngsters that KJ did the kids version of the interview.



Our Kid Reporter asked why K'naan sang about ABC's and not 123's then twisted the question around again. One of the things that fascinated me was when I asked him about collaborations in hip-hop. He said he doesn't necessarily do collabs simply because he likes an artist and he spoke about the ongoing Somalian pirate crisis we hear about in the news. He calls them "Coastguards" while he says the media call them pirates. We also talked about Somalian kids vanishing from the U.S traveling to Somalia to fight! They call home and say "Mom, I'm in Somalia." This is a must listen to interview.

You can pick up the album and also download it on I-tunes as well. Several media interviewed him in 2008 for the impending new album. All links are below.





K'naan even did drops for us at the BET hip-hop awards in October 2008 and even one for the kids in the main interview.

Visit K'naan's website
Join him on MySpace
Music in 2009 (National Post)
Somalian Rapper K'naan schools American MC's (NPR)