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K'naan knew how to fire an assault weapon at age 8. At age 11, he accidentally blew up his school with a hand grenade he mistook for an old, dirty potato
Vincent Hanna: How long have you lived in this constituency?Blackadder: Since Wednesday morning. I took over from the previous electorate when he very sadly accidentally brutally cut his head off while combing his hair.
"I've always been of the opinion that you cannot glorify that which is normal, that which is too often seen," he explained. "You can't make cool something that is so vast."When K'naan was young, the "cool kids" in Mogadishu didn't pack heat. They chatted up girls."We looked up to those guys because a lot of the kids I grew up with, there wasn't a choice but to be tough, but to carry weapons," he said.K'naan said he understands the "posture element" to American hip-hop, as well as the reasons rappers burnish their street cred with tales of popping caps and moving kilos.It's a testament to the safety of American cities, he said."You don't have kids who are 8 years old walking around with AK-47s in the street," he said. "Here, you have pockets, of course, that are struggling -- without a doubt -- and that have a lot of violence, but it's still pockets. ... When you do put your mind to it, you can make it. You can get out of the violence. For [Somalis], you cannot get out of the violence. There's just nowhere to go."
Quote from: Long Beach Iz Active on May 20, 2010, 05:31:26 PM"I've always been of the opinion that you cannot glorify that which is normal, that which is too often seen," he explained. "You can't make cool something that is so vast."When K'naan was young, the "cool kids" in Mogadishu didn't pack heat. They chatted up girls."We looked up to those guys because a lot of the kids I grew up with, there wasn't a choice but to be tough, but to carry weapons," he said.K'naan said he understands the "posture element" to American hip-hop, as well as the reasons rappers burnish their street cred with tales of popping caps and moving kilos.It's a testament to the safety of American cities, he said."You don't have kids who are 8 years old walking around with AK-47s in the street," he said. "Here, you have pockets, of course, that are struggling -- without a doubt -- and that have a lot of violence, but it's still pockets. ... When you do put your mind to it, you can make it. You can get out of the violence. For [Somalis], you cannot get out of the violence. There's just nowhere to go."I doubt that. Don't a lot of people in Africa listen to gangsta rap as well? Just cause one dude from Africa is against it doesn't mean he speaks for an entire continent. Also, I'm fairly sure K'naan wouldn't even be a rapper if it weren't for gangsta rap.
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