
At age 9, K'naan was doing what most American kids were doing. He was hanging out on his neighborhood street corner, MC'ing for his friends, dropping Nas and Rakim verses, dreaming of a day when he would posses the lyrical skills and the rhythmic flow of his Hip Hop heroes.
K'naan, however was very different from those American kids. In fact, he wasn't even an American kid at all, he was an African; and he wasn't on the streets of New York or Los Angeles or Detroit, he was on the other side of the world... (read more)
Recent Red Hot Much News

- Nelly Furtado keeps her eye on some big hoops in latest video
- The last time we heard from Nelly Furtado it was when she was featured on a hot record with K’Naan for Is Anybody Out There? We even went on set for that video, which you can watch here. Now Nelly is on her own with Big Hoops (Bigger The Better) and we can tell she [...] (read more)

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Thu, May 10, 2012

- Today’s Top 10: Express Yourself Videos
- Self expression makes the world go round! So we want to see what you can express in a new contest we’re running with Sharpie. If you can design something stellar using Sharpie’s you might just win a chance to see any band, anywhere in the world! Sounds pretty awesome right. Well go enter now at [...] (read more)

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Fri, Apr 06, 2012

- Today’s Top 10: Biggest Canadian Artists
- It’s a big couple of weeks for Canadian music. Canadian music Week just wrapped up in Toronto and this Sunday we cap things off with a huge celebration of Canadian talent at the Juno Awards in Ottawa! So tonight we’ll countdown the biggest Canadian artists with everyone from Justin Bieber to City and Colour. Don’t [...] (read more)

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Tue, Mar 27, 2012

- RapCity Playlist for the week of March 24th
- For the week of March 24th we featured videos from: J. Cole with Missy Elliott, Bow Wow with Lil Wayne, Lil Twist with Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy with Fabolous & Jadakiss, French Montana with Diddy, Rick Ross & Charlie Rock, Big K.R.I.T., K’naan with Nas, Classified with Kayo & Jim Cuddy, Dirty Deeds with Choclair [...] (read more)

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Sat, Mar 24, 2012
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Photos

- The 2010 WE DAY is another huge success!
- After packing the Air Canada Centre with students from across the province, who were entertained and inspired by everyone from K’Naan, to Vancouver 2010 Olympian Alexandre Bilodeau, to the cast of Degrassi, and Deepak Chopra, fans, volunteers and celebs kept the positive party going in the parking lot of the MuchMusic Headquarters. Check out pics [...] (view gallery)

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Mon, Oct 04, 2010

- Red Carpet Pictures from the Junos
- Check out some fly pics of the stars! (view gallery)

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Mon, Apr 19, 2010

- Young Artists For Haiti Photos
- The power of a phenomenal song and a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration can do wonders! “Wavin’ Flag” is hitting #1 on MOD and selling extremely well on iTunes – not to mention starting rousing sing-a-longs all over the country! We’ve got some behind-the-scenes photos of the song recording. Check ‘em out! (view gallery)

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Fri, Mar 19, 2010
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