K’naan, promoting his Troubadour album, was Q’s special ‘Wednesday Live’ guest recently. He sat down for an interview and performed three songs, this is ‘Waving Flag’ from the album. The Somalia-born Canadian rapper’s song of hope has been named the anthem for next year’s World Soccer Cup in South Africa. The song also appears on the soundtrack for the video game NBA 2K10.
And here’s K’naan in a CBC interview done shortly before his appearance on the Canada For Haiti telethon. As ever the philosopher, he offers some thoughtful insights into the telethon, how music relates in crises, and why public response to the disaster is something of a band-aid solution.
