World Music: K'Naan, "Strugglin'"
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(Somalia/Canada) As a teenager K'Naan spent his time dodging death on the streets of Mogadishu. Taking the last commercial flight out of Somalia in 1991, he became a refugee, and relocated to Canada. Although he has achieved a certain amount of recognition as a world-class "conscious" hip hop artist, this song "Strugglin'" reflects the difficulties of surviving in a new environment where gang culture presents its own challenges. "..at thug rappers I remain very little intrigued, and can you blame me, look how we lived in the late eighties…still, on my block you hear more shots than a gun range." The video opens with another track from the CD, "Until the Lion Learns to Speak."
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(Somalia/Canada) As a teenager K'Naan spent his time dodging death on the streets of Mogadishu. Taking the last commercial flight out of Somalia in 1991, he became a refugee, and relocated to Canada. Although he has achieved a certain amount of recognition as a world-class "conscious" hip hop artist, this song "Strugglin'" reflects the difficulties of surviving in a new environment where gang culture presents its own challenges. "..at thug rappers I remain very little intrigued, and can you blame me, look how we lived in the late eighties…still, on my block you hear more shots than a gun range." The video opens with another track from the CD, "Until the Lion Learns to Speak."
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