K'naan to Mitt Romney: If You Don't Like the Poor, 'Don't Use Their Songs'

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We never figured Mitt Romney for a hip-hop connoisseur -- despite the fact that he likely has an "other other benz" -- but we were still surprised by his incredibly idiotic decision to use K'naan's 'Wavin' Flag' as a campaign anthem, Spinner reports. The Somali-Canadian rapper penned the track about the strife in his native Mogadishu, a subject that isn't exactly relevant to the Republican presidential candidate's message.

In January, Romney used the track to celebrate his victory in the Florida primary, leading K'naan to tweet, "Yo @mittromney I am K'naan Warsame and I do not endorse this message."

Source: http://www.theboombox.com/2012/03/07/knaan-mitt-romney/

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