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SoundSpike
K'Naan To Romney: 'My Music Is Concerned With The Very Poor'
MTV.com (blog)
By Uptin Saiidi (@uptin) K'Naan will no longer be taking legal action against Mitt Romney's campaign since they have agreed to stop playing his song, "Wavin' Flag" during political events. A spokesman for the campaign told CBS News that although the ...
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Mitt Romney's Camp Agrees To Stop Using K'Naan's "Wavin' Flag"HipHopDX
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Mediaite
The Rapper K'Naan Is Not Happy That Mitt Romney Used His Song At A Speech
Mediaite
The latest example is the rapper K'Naan who is none too happy that Mitt Romney used his hit song “Wavin' Flag” during his Florida primary victory speech. Of course, that's not surprising. The really surprising news is that Mitt Romney used a rapper's ...


 
Prefixmag
Mitt Romney Stops Using K'Naan's "Wavin' Flag" To Avoid Lawsuit
Prefixmag
“The song was used through our regular blanket license, but we respect K'Naan's statement and will not use his music again,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said in an email to the New York Times. Why can't these dudes just go vintage and do Fleetwood ...


 
Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney used his song
Corning Leader
By Anonymous AP Rapper K'Naan is upset that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney used his song “Wavin' Flag” during his Florida primary victory speech. In a statement Wednesday, K'naan says Romney's campaign didn't seek approval to use the ...


 
K'naan, Wavin' Flag: Mitt Romney's Offensive Use of Rap Song
The BoomBox
Except, of course, the patriot in question is Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan. After Huffington Post reporter Jon Ward tweeted the song selection, the Toronto-based MC responded on Twitter: "Yo @mittromney I am K'naan Warsame and I do not endorse this ...


 
The Inquisitr
Rapper K'naan Displeased Mitt Romney Used His Song “Wavin' Flag'” After ...
The Inquisitr
The guy who composed 80′s classic Eye of the Tiger is suing Newt Gingrich to keep his fondling paws off the hit at campaign events, and now rapper/singer K'naan (mmmm… naan) is speaking out about- and this must be really unfortunate- campaigning ...


 
K'naan Threatens Legal Action Against Mitt Romney For Using His Song
PopCrush
Only a few days after Survivor sued Newt Gingrich for using 'Eye of the Tiger' without permission, rapper K'naan is threatening to go after Mitt Romney for playing his song 'Wavin' Flag.' After Romney played the 2009 song during his victory celebration ...