Career Quote by K'naan

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

— K'naan

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

There's definitely anger, the demand of more from the world, a demand for justice. There's no other way I can perform the vocals than…

— K'naan

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

— K'naan

My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me

— K'naan

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

— K'naan

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who…

— K'naan

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

— K'naan

I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with…

— K'naan

It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks

— K'naan

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false…

— K'naan

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you…

— K'naan