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    Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney used his song

    NEW YORK (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 did not seek approval to use the song and that he would not have granted permission if it had.

    The Somali-born, Canadian-based rapper says he would happily grant President Barack Obama's campaign the use of the song.

    K'Naan says he wants to make sure Romney does not use his song again and is seeking legal action.

    Romney spokesman Rick Gorka says the song was used through the campaign's regular blanket license but, out of respect for K'Naan's statement, won't be used again.

    "Wavin' Flag" was an international hit for K'Naan in 2010, co-written and co-produced by Bruno Mars' production team, The Smeezingtons.

     
    • Sumit  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      lol why are people trying to bring race into this? It's pretty obvious that K'naan is probably a supporter of Obama and not of Romney and therefore does not want his music associated with Romney. Pretty simple folks...
    • eric k  •  Derry, New Hampshire  •  3 mths ago
      The Somali-born, Canadian-based rapper says he would happily grant President Barack Obama's campaign the use of the song.
      Ok I could care less I like all Music but if a white guy came out and said the same thing about a letting Romney use a song and not let Obama use this we would be in a RACIAL WAR......hey K'Naan GET OVER YOURSELF
      • Seth 3 mths ago
        well thats the bed white people made....
      • pharkme! 3 mths ago
        "Barrack Obama does not care about white people." - Kanye West

        Oh wait...
      • Seth 3 mths ago
        *looks @ phark like he's stupid*
    • Kean.  •  3 mths ago
      A Republican using a K'Naan song is just WRONG. Don't knock K'Naan if you have not read/heard his poetic lyrics. "It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark." - K'Naan
    • Jesse  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      "Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney" isn't it the other way around? Mitt Romney upset Rapper K'Naan is better, who edits this stuff?
      • Primate 3 mths ago
        used his song. Quoting things out of context will take you nowhere.
      • Jesse 3 mths ago
        im sure Mitt Romney doesn't make songs : / "Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney used his song" apparently mitt romney makes songs in this sentence
      • Jesse 3 mths ago
        "Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney used his song" or they could put a comma in between upset and Mitt that would make it the sentence yahoo intended but the editor for yahoo news sucks : /
    • Stephen B  •  Woodbridge, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      I'd have never heard of this guy unless Romney used his song
      • Anonymous 3 mths ago
        So I guess you live under a rock
      • Stephen B 3 mths ago
        I guess he's not good enough to make it onto the radio across the country
    • Kean.  •  3 mths ago
      No one should be slamming K'Naan. This is about his personal principles. We all have principles, don't we?
      • Lulu 3 mths ago
        Kean, you are one of the few intelligent people on this thread. Scary what some people write, isn't it?
    • Meek  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      K'naan can say what he wants to. It's his song.
    • ROD  •  3 mths ago
      Rap music is like elevator music, only worse
    • Carolina Panthers  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Of course he would have let Obama use his song....
    • z j  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      why would romney wanna use that idiots song
    • edward k  •  3 mths ago
      For those who say that K'naan is unknown he known in the US. He did Wavin Flag for the Coca-Cola commercials for the World Cup,a couple of his songs have been in EA Sports games(I Come Prepared,ABCs),also his song was in a cell phone commerical(HTC) last year.
    • Scott54  •  Gainesville, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      This rapper is not really mad that Romney used his song. He is making a political statement. Knaan is endorsing Obama in an election that he can't even vote in.
      • William 3 mths ago
        Legally he can't vote but that won't stop him! He'll vote at least one time and maybe more.
      • Scott54 3 mths ago
        William....I hear ya !!!!
    • Buck  •  3 mths ago
      K'Who?
    • ....  •  3 mths ago
      I haven't seen Romney's birth certificate... have you?
    • The Wise Oracle  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      nothing makes me more sure of Romney's honesty and integrity then when he ticks off people like k'naan..........and the fact that k'naan would allow obama to use his song speaks VOLUMES of the intelligence level of the democrats.......
    • Aware  •  3 mths ago
      Get over it! Nobody will think you are pro-Romney and he probably isn't really aware of who you are.
    • WWJD_for_a_Klondike_Bar  •  Albuquerque, New Mexico  •  3 mths ago
      K'Naan? Is that like, a Klingon name or something?
    • SHRALP  •  3 mths ago
      This is news??? Just when you think this election couldn't get any more ridiculous...
    • Richard  •  3 mths ago
      The article clearly states that they HAD permission to use the song. Read more than the headline!
    • greg w  •  Muskegon, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Here is what a blanket license is:

      "Blanket license" is a license which allows the music user to perform any or all of over 8.5 million songs in the ASCAP repertory as much or as little as they like. Licensees pay an annual fee for the license. The blanket license saves music users the paperwork, trouble and expense of finding and negotiating licenses with all of the copyright owners of the works that might be used during a year and helps prevent the user from even inadvertently infringing on the copyrights of ASCAP's members and the many foreign writers whose music is licensed by ASCAP in the U.S. [see also Per Program License]
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