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Straight Outta Somalia
New hip-hop sensation K'naan, a Somali refugee, overcame a gun-toting childhood to rap about peace and love. He talks to Touré about pirates, and how U.S. "thugs" have nothing on him.
The Thinking Man’s Rapper
In a rare interview, Touré talks with Black Thought-front man for The Roots and the new house MC of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon-about what Chuck D. taught him about race, why rapping is like jumping rope, and the reasons behind his rhymes.












