K'naan (phien am quoc te: ˈkeɪnɑːn) la mot nha soan nhac va ca si noi tieng nguoi Canada goc Somali. Anh đuoc nhieu nguoi biet đen voi bai hat Wavin' Flag đuoc su dung lam bai hat co đong cho World Cup 2010.


Than the va thoi tho au Ten khai sinh cua anh la Keinan Abdi Warsame (Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, tieng A Rap: كنعان عبدي ورسمه) , sinh ngay 1 thang 2 nam 1978 tai Mogadishu, Somalia. Cai ten "Keinan" co nghia la "nguoi lu hanh" trong tieng Somali.
Suot thoi gian tho au, Keinan đeu o Mogadishu cho đen khi Cuoc noi chien Somali tan khoc no ra vao nam 1991. Bay gio, cha cua anh, nguoi von đa roi Somali đen My truoc đo, đa bao lanh cho vo minh va cac con trai Liban, Keinan va cac con gai Naciimo, Sagal, đen My. Ho song o New York mot thoi gian truoc khi đinh cu tai Rexdale, mot thi tran nho gan Toronto, Canada, noi co ca mot cong đong nguoi Somali sinh song tai đay.
Keinan đa ket hon voi Deqa, mot duoc si. Ho co hai con trai, sinh nam 2005 va 2007.


Su nghiep am nhac La mot tin đo Hoi giao, Keinan đuoc thua huong kha nang am nhac va tho ca tu gia đinh. Di cua Keinan, Magool, la mot ca si noi tieng Somalia. Ong noi cua Keinan, Haji Mohammad, la mot nha tho.
Luc con o Mogadishu, Keinan đa tiep can voi cac ban nhac hip-hop do cha minh gui ve tu My. Khi đa đen Canada, anh bat đau hoc tieng Anh, bang cach nghe cac albums hip-hop cua cac nghe si nhu Nas va Rakim. Luc bay gio, tuy Keinan khong thuc su su dung thanh thao tieng Anh, nhung anh đa bat đau nam đuoc nhung nguyen tac co ban cua the loai hip hop va rap. Anh bat đau sang tac nhung ban rap đau tien cho minh.. Tu đo anh bat đau dung nghe danh "K'naan", mot tu ma cach phat am cung tuong tu nhu ten anh, "Keinan".
Nam 23 tuoi, K'naan đuoc mot ca si nguoi Senegal moi tham gia vao album Building Bridges cua minh. Đay la dip đau tien giup K'naan co co hoi trinh dien o pham vi the gioi, tham du cac lien hoan nhac Jazz o Montreal va nhac Pop o Halifax. Nho đo, K'naan co dip tiep xuc voi nha san xuat nguoi Canada Jarvis Church vao 2002. Nam 2004, anh ra album đau tay "My Life Is a Movie", nhung mai đen nam sau, 2005, voi alubum The Dusty Foot Philosopher, cai ten K'naan moi đuoc nhieu nguoi biet đen. Nam 2006, K'naan đoat giai thuong Juno cho Ban thu am Rap cua nam va đuoc đe cu cho Giai thuong Am nhac Polaris cung nam. Anh cung đuoc 3 giai thuong Am nhac the gioi cua BBC danh cho the loai moi trong nam 2007.
Nam 2007, K'naan phat hanh album "The Dusty Foot on the Road", mot tap hop cac sang tac va ghi am đuoc thuc hien trong cac tour dien the gioi cua minh voi Wrasse Records.. Nam sau, album The Dusty Foot Philosopher sau đo đuoc tai ban va đuoc Interdependent Media, Inc. phat hanh vao My.
Ngay 24 thang 2 nam 2009, K'naan phat hanh album moi, "Troubadour", do A&M/Octone Records phat hanh va đuoc Universal Music Group phan phoi tren toan the gioi. Trong chuyen quang ba cho album nay, anh co dip hop tac voi nhieu nghe si va ban nhac khac nhu Nelly Furtado, Mos Def, The Roots, Dead Prez, Pharoahe Monch, Damian Marley. Chinh trong album nay, K'naan lan đau tien gioi thieu ca khuc Wavin' Flag, voi noi dung noi ve cuoc đau tranh gianh tu do cung nhu cuoc chien chong lai ngheo đoi va benh tat. Voi hinh tuong la co tung bay, ca khuc bieu thi cho hinh anh nhung nguoi chau Phi luon huong toi tuong lai phia truoc voi nhung niem tin lon.
Nam 2010, bai hat Wavin' Flag cua K'naan tuy khong phai la bai hat chinh thuc cua World Cup 2010 nhung luon gan lien voi su kien nay.


Danh sach đia nhac = Album =
2004: My Life Is a Movie
2005: The Dusty Foot Philosopher
2007: The Dusty Foot on the Road
2009: Troubadour
2012: Country, God or the Girl


= Đia đon =
2005: "Soobax"
2005: "Strugglin"
2008: "ABCs" (co su tham gia cua Chubb Rock)
2008: "Dreamer"
2008: "Somalia"
2008: "I Come Prepared" (co su tham gia cua Damian Marley)
2009: "If Rap Gets Jealous" (co su tham gia cua Kirk Hammett of Metallica)
2009: "Wavin' Flag"
2010: "Wavin' Flag (The Celebration Mix)"
2010: "Wavin' Flag" (co su tham gia cua will.i.am va David Guetta)
2012: "Is Anybody Out There?" (co su tham gia cua Nelly Furtado)
2012: "Hurt Me Tomorrow"
Singles with K'naan as a featured guest
2006: "Til We Get There" (M-1 featuring K'naan)
2009: "L'Arme de Paix" (Oxmo Puccino featuring K'naan)
2009: "Think of All the Things" (KRS-One & Buckshot featuring K'naan)
2009: "TV in the Radio"  ([Wale'])& K'Naan
2010: "In Jamaica" (Beatnick & K-Salaam featuring K'naan and Buckshot)
2010: "Wavin' Flag" with Young Artists for Haiti
2010: "Wavin' Flag (Coca Cola Spanish Celebration Mix)" (with David Bisbal)
2010: "Wavin' Flag (Coca Cola Arabic Celebration Mix)" (with Nancy Ajram)
2010: "Mask On My Face" (Chin Injeti featuring K'naan)
2010: "Each Tear" (Mary J Blige featuring K'naan)
2010: "Stop for a Minute" (Keane featuring K'naan)
2010: "Tribes at War"  (from Distant Relatives with Nas va Damian Marley featuring K'naan)
2010: "Africa Must Wake Up"  (from Distant Relatives with Nas va Damian Marley featuring K'naan)


Van tho K'naan (ngay 1 thang 2 nam 2007). "Talking bacK to the Empire". Toronto: Now. Ban goc luu tru ngay 11 thang 2 nam 2009. Truy cap ngay 22 thang 5 nam 2010.


Tham khao Lien ket ngoai K'naan