K’Naan Net Worth

K'NAAN net worth is
$1 Million

K'NAAN Wiki Biography

Keinan Abdi Warsame, known as K’naan, was born on 1 February 1978, in Mogadishu, Somalia. K’naan is a rapper, and also a great instrumentialist as well as a song writer and poet. However, although he has been active in his career since 2001, he is certainly best known from the year of 2010, when K’naan’s single Wavin` Flag was selected to be the anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Soccer Cup, which obviously boosted K’naan net worth and brought him a lot of fame.

So just how rich is K’naan? Sources estimate that K’naan’s net worth is currently $1 million, virtually all of it having been accumulated through his various activities in the music industry.

K’NAAN Net Worth $1 Million

K’naan inherited his talent for singing and writing from his family: his father was an acknowledged poet and his aunt was a singer, who sang to him when he was a child, which inspired K’naan to start his career in singing. K’naan spent most of his childhood years in Mogadishu, but the civil war forced his family to leave, first to New York, and then to Toronto, Canada, where some of his  family members are still living. When his family moved to New York K’naan could not speak English, however, he learnt it by listening to music, mostly songs in the hip hop and rap styles.

The reason why K’naan is so popular is his unusual ability to blend totally different music sounds, mixing up hip hop with jazz, Somali music and other types as well.  As a singer, K’naan has released six studio albums, the first in 2004 named as My Life Is a Movie. His others albums include The Dusty Foot Philosopher (2005), The Dusty Foot on the Road (2007), Troubadour (2009), More Beautiful Than Silence (2012) and Country, God or the Girl (2012), all of which have boosted his net worth.

K’naan is also known for his collaborations with other artists. He has worked with Amadou & Mariam, Keane, the American rapper Wale, Spanish artist David Bisbal, Damian Marley, Nas, KRS-One, Simple Plan and many others. K’naan is also the winner of four Juno Awards: Rap Recording of the Year (2006), Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year (both in 2010), Single of the Year (2011). K`naan was rewarded with Mobo Awards for African Artist of the year in 2010.

As regards his writing career, K’naan is the author of several books: Talking Back to the Empire (2007), Censoring Myself for Success (2012) and Returning to Somalia After 20 Years (2011). The sales from the published copies of these books have benefitted K’naan’s net worth considerably.

K’naan is a generous philanthopist: in 2011, he joined with Bono to raise awareness of that year’s drought  in Eastern Africa, also teaming with associate Sol Guy in performing  concerts for the cause. K’naan also  supported the Canadian Bill which helped to increase medical assistance to countries in Africa.

K’naan was married to Deqa, with whom he has two sons born in 2005 and 2007 but they divorced before he started touring for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Full Name	K'naan
Net Worth	$1 Million
Date Of Birth	1 February 1978,
Place Of Birth	Mogadishu, Somalia,
Spouse	Deqa Warsame, Deqa Warsame
Nicknames	Keinan Abdi Warsame,
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/knaan
Twitter	https://twitter.com/iamknaan
Instagram	https://www.instagram.com/knaanstagram
IMDB	www.imdb.com/name/nm2994694
Music Groups	Young Artists for Haiti, Young Artists for Haiti
Movies	Cosmopolis, Cosmopolis

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[on writing 'Maanokobiyo', his proposed film about war-torn Somalia] I'm really genuinely sleepless from curiosity. I don't know how that all comes together, and I'm like that about music also. I get obsessed over work, over the idea of a song or the feeling of a song or something I have to do when I get to the studio. But I always wonder how what's in my head, the song in my head, and now in this case the film in my head, will look like. There are certain stories that are best suited for a visual medium, and so it's not that I would like to be a filmmaker. It's just that I have a film to make.

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Who's Doing the Dishes?	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Glastonbury 2015	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena mini - España	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena - Argentina	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Neighbors	2014/I	performer: "Hurt Me Tomorrow" - as K'NAAN / writer: "Hurt Me Tomorrow" - as Keinan Warsame
Frauenherzen	2014	TV Movie writer: "The Lazy Song" - uncredited
Todd's Pop Song Reviews	2011-2013	TV Series documentary writer - 5 episodes
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	2013	writer: "La Da Dee" - as Keinan Warsame
Levenslied	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Cosmopolis	2012	lyrics: "Mecca" / performer: "Mecca"
The Voice	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2012 writer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2012
The Footy Show	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Born to Be Wild	2011	Documentary short performer: "Wavin' Flag" / writer: "Wavin' Flag" - as Keinan Warsame
The Roommate	2011/I	performer: "ABC's" / writer: "ABC's" - as Keinan Warsame
Grey's Anatomy	2010	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Step Up 3D	2010	performer: "ABC's" / writer: "ABC's" - as Keinan Warsame
The Karate Kid	2010	performer: "Bang Bang" / writer: "Bang Bang" - as Keinan Warsame
Dog Pound	2010	performer: "Syringa Dpoud" / writer: "Syringa Dpoud" - as Keinan Warsame
L'arnacoeur	2010	performer: "America" / writer: "America" - as Keinan Warsame
The Trotsky	2009	performer: "ABC's" / writer: "ABC's" - as Keiman Warsame
90210	2009	TV Series 1 episode
Madden NFL 2009	2008	Video Game performer: "ABC's"
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	2008	performer: "In the Beginning" / writer: "In the Beginning" - as Keinan Warsame

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mogadishu, Minnesota		TV Movie post-production

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Cosmopolis	2012		Brutha Fez

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mogadishu, Minnesota		TV Movie written by post-production

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dog Pound	2010

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mogadishu, Minnesota		TV Movie executive producer post-production

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Motorcycle Sweden	2012	Short very special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants, We Get the Job Done	2017	Short	Himself
Much Presents: We Day 2012	2012	TV Special	Himself
Global Citizen Festival	2012	TV Special	Himself
Citizens of Cosmopolis	2012	Video documentary	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2009-2012	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2010-2012	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
Juno Awards 2012	2012	TV Special	Himself
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2012	TV Series	Himself - Musical guest
The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	2012	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Hour	2010-2012	TV Series	Himself
A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation	2011	Documentary	Himself
Juno Awards 2011	2011	TV Special	Himself
Tavis Smiley	2010	TV Series	Himself
The Mo'Nique Show	2010	TV Series	Himself
2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert	2010	TV Special	Performer
The Dome	2010	TV Series	Himself - Performer
Wetten, dass..?	2010	TV Series	Himself
Juno Awards 2010	2010	TV Special	Himself
Canada for Haiti	2010	TV Movie documentary	Himself
BET Hip Hop Awards 2008	2008	TV Special
4Real	2007	TV Series documentary

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award	Sundance Film Festival		Screenplay: "The Poet" (Somalia)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2012	VMA	MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)	Best Video with a Message

Known for movies

Neighbors (2014)
as Soundtrack

The Karate Kid (2010)
as Soundtrack

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
as Soundtrack

Step Up 3D (2010)
as Soundtrack