English: autobiographical reading
Born in 1978 in Mogadishu, Somalia, K’naan from the early age started dropping verses from Nas and Rakim, destined to enlarge the generation of hip-hoppers. He luckily escaped serious injuries in the civil war, and being only thirteen left his motherland with his mother and two siblings and settled down first in Harlem and later in Ontario, Canada. He was the one who had seen death in the eye. This theme could not but was reflected in his works. Freedom, hope, love, perseverance and fear – are the things he had experienced and the things he wanted to convey ...
