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Montreal (AFP) – Somali-Canadian artist K'naan, recognized globally for his smash hit "Wavin' Flag," which became synonymous with the 2010 FIFA World Cup, faces charges of sexual assault in Quebec City, as per local news outlets.The 47-year-old musician, born Keinan Abdi Warsame, is accused of assaulting a woman in her 20s back in July 2010, during his stay in Quebec City for a music festival.The alleged incident was reported to the police in May 2022.His legal team entered a not-guilty plea during Thursday’s court session,…

A Toronto-based rapper, known as Top 5, was released after a murder charge against him disintegrated. On Monday, Hassan Ali—alias Top 5—walked free. He had been accused of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Hashim Omar Hashi, a 20-year-old accounting student. On January 31, 2021, around 9 p.m., Hashi was shot multiple times as he tried to enter a parking garage near Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue. Hashi died at the scene. His family and friends remembered him as "humble, kind, and hardworking." Two weeks after…

By the end of the year, Warsame unveiled a candid op-ed in the New York Times. He exposed the relentless pressure he faced during the creation of what would become his swan song. Warsame's label nudged him to pivot his lyrics away from his Somali heritage and cater instead to an expanding American audience. He wrote, "For the first time, I felt the affliction of success." The success raised an internal dilemma: "What do you do after success? How do you hold onto it?" Following the op-ed, Warsame quietly vanished from the…