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)

K'naan performs ABC's on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

NEW VIDEO: K'NAAN--The Great Depression

LOOKING GOOD: K'NAAN PROFILED ON CNN!

Critically acclaimed hip hop artist K'naan sits down with CNN's Isha Sesay to discuss upcoming second album. Can we remind you that Hiphossip's Kid Reporter interviewed K'naan BEFORE CNN! Oh my! Look at him below rocking his bandaid!!

NEW VIDEO: K'NAAN--"SOMALIA."

K'NAAN has released his video for "Somalia," a song very close to his heart. "Somalia" is the third pre-release single from Troubadour, the full length album. Troubadour to be released in early 2009. "Somalia" hit iTunes on Tuesday, December 23 2008. Stay tuned for HipHossip's interview with him.

HIPHOSSIP'S K'NAAN INTERVIEW AT THE PHOENIX YESTERDAY.....

K'Naan and the Kid Reporter KJ doing the media thing.

More pictures and the video to come......Wonderful artist! He even rapped in Somalian for KJ. He's in Montreal today. Stay tuned for the complete story! Once again big thanks to Marcus Tamm of Universal Music and Rich Threat, K'Naan's Manager.

K'NAAN RAPS TONITE AT THE PHOENIX THEATER IN TORONTO.

Have you gotten your tickets? He's playing TONITE at the Phoenix Concert theater and then it's off to Montreal tomorrow at the Metropolis. His debut album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, which was released in 2005 to critical acclaim won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year in 2006, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. It also won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the newcomer category for 2007.

He is currently working on his new album Troubadour and it is set for release in early 2009 One of his singles, ABC's is in the videogame Madden NFL 09.

I'm planning to do a short interview with K'Naan tonite before the show so stay tuned.

K'NAAN IS TOURING CANADA NEXT WEEK!!!

Have you gotten your tickets? He's playing at the Phoenix Concert theater and then it's off to Montreal at the Metropolis. His debut album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, which was released in 2005 to critical acclaim won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year in 2006, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. It also won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the newcomer category for 2007.

The Dusty Foot Philosopher will be re-released and re-packaged as a "Deluxe Edition" featuring new mixes and a bonus DVD in the United States (and various international territories) by the emerging media company and record label iM (Interdependent Media, Inc.) in 2008.

He is currently working on his new album Troubadour and it is set for release in early 2009 One of his singles, ABC's is in the videogame Madden NFL 09.