NLFB 2019: Friday ft. K’Naan + many more

Friday night’s headliner is Somali-Canadian rapper, musician and poet K’NAAN. Also appearing will be: mélissa laveaux, ECHLO, Jennifer Holub, Jennis, Shaky Stars, The Almighty Rhombus, Oh Geronimo, Brooke Bruce music + more.

K’NAAN
The product of a creative family, K’NAAN fled Mogadishu, Somalia with his family at age 13. After learning English, partly by immersing himself in the classic hip-hop albums of the ‘90s, he came to prominence in 1999 with a spoken word performance at the United Nations that caught the attention of Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour. K’NAAN’s debut album, 2005’s The Dusty Foot Philosopher, won the Juno for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. 2010’s Troubadour contained the smash single ‘Wavin’ Flag’. The song was first used as the soundtrack for the Haiti earthquake relief campaign, and then Coca-Cola’s theme song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The song quickly reached #1 on iTunes in 18 countries around the world, and launched K’NAAN into superstardom. 2012’s God Country or the Girl included features from household names like Nas and Bono, and produced several hits of its own, marking a new trajectory for this eclectic artist.

Check out the rest of the lineup & artist bios at: www.nlfb.ca/artists.

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