K'NAAN "PEOPLE LIKE ME" COLLABORATION

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 hero's.

K'Naan is a child of that generation, the first generation of true hip-hop children who have grown out of a very foreign soil. With his unique voice but still truly authentic style, he brings an enormous dose of realness and urgency to the hip-hop world in a time when people are desperate for it.

From a personal and cultural history rooted in poetry (being the grandson of Magool, one of Somalia's most famous poets), K'Naan widens the traditional hip hop perspective, from ghetto's to slums, from drug dealers to war lords, from 9mm and eagle 440's to AK's and rocket propelled grenades.

K'naan is currenlt recording a new version of "People Like Me" from his recently released album "Troubadour" and he wants your help to tell the story! He's hosting a remix competition where he asks you to send your ideas for new verses via his Twitter account. He will review all lyrics and pick his favorite to create a new collaborative version of the song.

Become a Twitter follower and tweet your ideas! Click the link below for the contest or listen to his music at Myspace.

  K'naan Twitter Contest