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Wavin' Flag by K'NAAN

2023-09-15 18:14:10

Like clerks waving flags, flags and flags: JEAN DEVAL, PHILIP LAWRENCE, PHILLIP LAWRENCE, Bruno Mars, Canaan Worther

Publisher: Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner / Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC

"Wavin 'Flag" is a song by Somalia-Canadian artist K'naan of his album "Troubadour". This song was originally written for Somalia, people's desire for freedom. The original single is very popular in Canada, and after the single "ABC" and "Bang Bang", it became Canadian Hot 100's second single. Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the songs were re-shot by a special group of Canadian artists, known as Haitian young artists, among the top 100 Canadians in their rights It was ranked first. It is one. This song was selected as a promotional song by Coca-Cola at the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted by South Africa, and it became a truly global hit song. This modified international version and other lyrics are ranked among the top 10 in more than 20 different world rankings.

You may have heard of K'Naan through his popular song "Wavin 'Flag", but the artist you may not know when he is 12 years old is a refugee for children. With urgent need to leave the country devastated by war, Kenan and his family left their homeland Somalia to go to Toronto. Keinan Abdi Warsame was born in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia in 1978. His name K'Naan is best known, and the childhood of the Somalians is a childhood worth remembering. K'Naan grew up in a quiet house on the coast of West Africa and grew up with an artistic family. His grandfather was a famous poet in the area and his aunt was one of Somalia's most famous singers. For nine years, he spent a peaceful childhood in Somalia. Then a war broke out, the structure of the country collapsed, destruction began.

Keinan Abdi Warsame is known for his stage name K'naan, who was born and raised in Mogadishu, Somalia. However, after the civil war started, his family was concerned about his safety, and Canada temporarily joined his father in New York following it. Although K'naan does not consider himself political, he tried to use his music to explain the situation with their popular song "Wavin 'Flag" which is the 2010 World Cup song I will. In his original lyrics, he talked about the refugee struggle evacuated by the war and how people wait for freedom dreams.