FAAN Mail Talk Back: K'naan & Self Censorship

FAAN Mail
On December 8, 2012, Somali born Canadian hip hop artist K'naan wrote an Op Ed in the New York Times about how is record label (A&M/Octone Records) has pressured him to censor his message. In his powerful and honest essay, K'Naan questions the meaning of success. FAAN Mail responds to his words in this talk back.

"I now suspect that packaging me as an idolized star to the pop market in America cannot work; while one can dumb down his lyrics, what one cannot do without being found out is hide his historical baggage." - K'NAAN

Link to Op Ed: http://goo.gl/MCl4S
Music credit: "People Like Me" by K'Naan. 2010 A&M/Octone.
Check out K'Naan here: http://www.knaanmusic.com/

FAAN Mail (Fostering Activism and Alternatives Now!) is a media literacy/activist project formed by women of color and based in Philadelphia. Together with our allies, we critique and create media with social change in mind.