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Sunday, May 16, 2010

K'naan Brings World Cup Trophy Home. Second Home That is


K'naan Warsame, the talented Poet/Rapper accompanied the FIFA World Cup Trophy to Toronto and unveiled it at Pearson International Airport ceremony. The Canadian Newspaper National Post had a piece on this event. Read it here.

We all know this trophy was to be taken to Mogadishu too a few months back. Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the war torn city. What did K'naan do to prevent the World Cup Tour from escaping his birth place? Read the Interview Sports Illustrated had with K'naan here to find out his struggle to bring his first home the beloved trophy.












On another note, K'naan's Waving Flag remix for Haiti raised over $1M dollars with tens of thousands of sales. The proceeds all going to charities working in Haiti. Now here is an article of how this Waving Flag became the anthem of the world. Read the thestar.com's Antonia Zerbisias report - How K’naan’s ‘Wavin’ Flag’ became anthem for the world


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