I’ve recently been enamored with a Somalian/Canadian rapper named K’Naan. He has a lot of soul, and his Saul Williams-esque digressions into abstract spoken word don’t annoy me as much as I thought they would.
Imagine my surprise when I found out that a modified version of his already awesome song Wavin’ Flag is the Official FIFA World Cup 2010 Song.
Wait a minute, that’s not the suprising thing. There are official world cup songs? Oh yes my friends, there are, and they are tragically fantastic!
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Beats, Rhymes and Fights — the Tribe Called Quest Documentary
This is the most jealous I’ve been of a ginger kid getting to hang out with my idols since Brian Scalabrine on the 2008 Celtics.