Let me tell you about K’naan. His story is truly inspirational.  Having basically boarded the last plane out of war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, his family moved to New York City, and later Toronto to escape the Somali civil war.  Knowing no English, K’naan taught himself by listening to hip-hop albums as an expatriate teenager.  The song “Dreamer” off his February ‘09 release “Troubadour” tells of his young aspirations to become a beloved, touring musician:
“What would it take for a boy about my age to hear cheers in his head upon that …