K’Naan was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, just as the civil unrest that rocked the country was beginning, rapper K’NAAN spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had left Somalia earlier. In this seven-minute minidocumentary, K’Naan discusses how Somalia influences his music and his journey to stardom.
