"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 7 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that K'naan is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. K'naan concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energetic.
K'naan (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978) is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. The Coming To America Songfacts states that born in Mogadishu, Somalia, he spent his childhood there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991.
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Critic Concert Reviews
The Georgia Straight (Canada)
July 15, 2012
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The Somali-Canadian artist instantly had the crowd at Jericho Beach Park jumping and dancing as he launched into an energetic set around 10 p.
The rapper from Somalia by way of Toronto has lyrics that can humiliate the bravado of American hip hop stars, with street cred from the war-torn alleys of Mogadishu and life among pirates.
What would that sound be like? The answer came blaring through the sound system a righteous blend of global underground that borrows from Fela Kuti and Tupac Bob Marley and Mos Def and places the troubadour in league with M.
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