K’Naan as global brand ambassador for Coke is like when the White Stripes went from being this band whose albums I had to order from the States to on the PA system on McDonald’s over a matter of months thanks to ‘Seven Nation Army.’ One amazing song, and things get kind of surreal. Which is weird, because at the time it seemed like literally nobody else had heard of him except one other dude I worked with, who also could quote full lyrics from NWA album cuts, so that shows you where he was. Oh, what’s that? You’ve heard of him? Well maybe that’s because he’s now possibly THE BIGGEST MOST GLOBAL ARTIST IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. The fact that we’re here today with a blog themed around whatever strikes my fancy should serve as an indication of how well that went.Īnyhow, one of my more popular posts was a February preview of the then-upcoming sophomore release by a little known Somalian-Canadian rapper known as K’Naan. This was when I thought I might actually be able to start and maintain a blog about a single thing (in this case, Canadian music) without being distracted by other subject areas. Way back one year ago, I had a music blog. A Music Post: The Evolution of K'Naan's 'Wavin' Flag'Ī look at (almost) every version of “Wavin’ Flag”
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