It was the opening weekend of the World Cup in South Africa, and our friend – Somali hip hop artist and singer – KNAAN christened the games with his theme song, Wavin’ Flag.  The celebration of The world’s most popular sport and the coming together of hundred’s of millions of people around the globe for a common passion would not be complete without music.

Ten days ago I was in London to record KNAAN for the title song to my upcoming film Beat the World – a story about another globally popular past time: dance.  The song is called Freedom and is a collaboration I put together pairing one of the founding father’s of conscious Hip Hop KRS-One, and one of the world’s new leading voices – KNAAN. Working with, speaking with, and even spending time with KNAAN is always a pleasure and an inspiration. Since I have written about him before in my blog, I won’t go into his background again here.  I will, however, give you a more intimate look into his heart and mind by sharing an essay he recently wrote for The Globe:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/between-the-highs-and-the-lows-life-appens/article1562291/

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