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Portrait of K’naan

K’naan

Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist

  • Born 1978
  • from Mogadishu
  • On fono: 28 songs
  • 57 collaborators
  • 4 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Manny Marroquin is K’naan’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 11 songs

  • K’naan wrote or co-wrote 4 of 28 songs on fono (14%)

  • Credited songs by K’naan span 12 years, 2004 to 2016 (26 songs)

Top songs

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

  7. From Troubadour

    1. 7

      Wavin' Flag (Celebration mix)

      2009

    2. 8

      America

      2009

    3. 9

      Bang Bang

      2009

    4. 10

      Fatima

      2009

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Where the songs were made

Releases

  1. 2016

  2. 2013

  3. 2012

  4. 2010

  5. 2009

  6. 2008

  7. 2004

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (4)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz K’naan is a member of Artists for War Child

    K’naan is a member of Artists for War Child

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz K’naan is a member of Les Paris Bamako

    K’naan is a member of Les Paris Bamako

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz K’naan is from Mogadishu

    K’naan is from Mogadishu

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4Wikidata The genre of K’naan is alternative hip hop

    The genre of K’naan is alternative hip hop

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026