CP NewsAlert: Rapper K’naan charged with 2010 sexual assault in Quebec City

By The Canadian Press on September 26, 2024.

In this Oct. 22, 2016, photo, Somali-Canadian rapper, K'naan poses in Minneapolis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Baenen)

QUEBEC – Canadian rapper K’naan, known for the global hit “Wavin’ Flag,” has been charged for an alleged sexual assault in Quebec City dating back more than 14 years.

A charge sheet filed at the courthouse in Quebec City says the rapper, whose given name is Keinan Abdi Warsame, is charged with one count of sexual assault from July 2010.

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