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K'naan

Somali-Canadian hip-hop artist who was born in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and moved as a young boy to New York and then Toronto to escape the civil war that had engulfed his country. His first album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, met with critical acclaim, and his latest album, Troubadour, has also been very well received.

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