- Le ngoma yaqala yakhutshwa eSomalia eyazalelwa kwi-albhamu yesibini yaseToronto, eyaphakamisa i-albhamu yesibini ye-studio ka-K'naan, Iingxaki . Yayingumdlali wesithathu omde ongatshatanga kwaye yavela kwi # 99 kwiBillboard Hot 100, ukungena kukaK'anan kwitshathi.
- Inguqulelo edityanisiweyo yakhethwa njengengoma esemthethweni yeCoca Cola yenkqubo yabo yeNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2010. Inamagama ahlaziyiweyo ngokugxila kwibhola ekhatywayo. UK'anan uxelele Ibhilibhodi Iphephancwadi malunga 'noMxube woMthendeleko': 'Sithathe into efana namagubu angama-50 kwaye sayenzela lo mxube uphambeneyo. Lixesha elinye lokuba sihlangane sonke kwaye ilizwe lilibale ungquzulwano kunye neengxaki zalo kwaye sigxile kolu manyano kunye nokubhiyozela. Lo mzuzu uqhagamshelwe ngoku 'kwiFlegi yeWavin.' '
- Iingoma zeNdebe yeHlabathi zaseburhulumenteni zangaphambili zibandakanye i-Toni Braxton-Il Divo ballad, 'Ixesha loBomi Bethu,' kukhuphiswano luka-2006, 'Boom' ngumculi waseMelika u-Anastacia ngo-2002 kunye nemvumi yasePuerto Rican uRicky Martin 'La Copa de la Vida 'yeNdebe yeHlabathi ka-1998.
- I-remake yeqela elikhulu labazobi baseCanada ekuthiwa ngamaGcisa aMancinci eHaiti yakhutshwa njengesixhobo sokunceda emva kwenyikima eyatshabalalisa iHaiti nge-12 kaJanuwari 2010. Ingoma yaya ngqo kwi # 1 kwiitshathi zaseCanada, kuphela ngowesithathu Tune ukwenza njalo, emva kukaEminem 'Crack a Bottle' kunye noTaylor Swift 'Namhlanje ibiyiFairytale' benze njalo ngoFebruwari 2009 noFebruwari 2010, ngokwahlukeneyo.
Amagcisa amancinci eHaiti aphumelele imbasa yoNyaka oNgekhoyo kwii-Juno Awards zika-2011 zokurekhoda kwabo le ngoma. - Inguqulelo 'yoMxube woMthendeleko' ibambe iitshathi ezingatshatanga kumazwe aliqela aseYurophu kubandakanya i-Austria, iJamani kunye neSwitzerland.
- Intloko yentengiso kwezolonwabo yeCoca Cola, uJoe Belliotti, ucacisile I-Telegraph yemihla ngemihla ukuba ingoma yakhethwa emva kophando olubandakanya amakhulu amagcisa. 'Sigqithe kumakhulu eedemo kunye neengcebiso kwiingoma kunye nabazobi abafanelekileyo kumthetho oyilwayo, kwaye uK'Naan ukhethe uluhlu lwezinto zokuhlamba,' utshilo. 'Unonxibelelwano ne-Afrika, akangomntu odlala ebusuku, kwaye ingoma yakhe ibonisa umbhiyozo.'
- Ingoma yayibhalwe ekuqaleni malunga namaphupha ka-K'anan obutsha bokubaleka ukukhuliswa kwakhe okuxakekileyo kwilizwe laseAfrika eladlakazwe yimfazwe eSomalia. Uxelele i-BBC News ukuba 'kukujongana nobunzima kunye nokuphuma ebumnyameni-ukuphelelwa lithemba lithemba, olo hlobo lotshintsho kunye nenguqu.'
Kwiingoma ezixutywe ngokutsha zeNdebe yeHlabathi yengoma malunga 'neemfazwe ezininzi kangaka, amanqaku okusombulula' athatyathelwe indawo yimigca malunga neentshatsheli ezithatha ibala. Kwaye ngaphandle kokuzalwa komzimba omtsha njengombhiyozo womdlalo omnandi, uK'Naan wathi umyalezo wezopolitiko kunye nomoya wengoma usaqhubeka: 'Inguqulelo eyonwabileyo iqulethe uhlobo oluthile lwamandla omculo asatsala abantu ukuba bazive enye into ngaphandle nje rhoqo, ingoma yesiqhelo, 'utshilo. - Kudliwanondlebe kunye I-CMU , UK'anan wabuzwa ukuba yeyiphi inkqubo ahamba kuyo xa esenza umkhondo. Ummeli waseSomalia waseCanada uphendule wathi: 'Akukho nkqubo injalo. Ngaphandle kokunikela ingqalelo kuyo yonke into eyenzekayo ngalo mzuzu. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiza kuza nengoma yokuqala, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha iyakuba kukudlala phambi kwengoma, okanye nokuba sisivakalisi nje, okanye ibinzana. Ndiya kuba ngathi 'eli binzana lihle' kwaye emva koko ndifuna ukuyikhupha kwaye ubhale ingoma ngayo. '
- Ingoma ibibhalwe ngokudibeneyo kwaye yaveliswa ngokudibeneyo nguBruno Mars. Inkqubo ye- Indlela oyiyo hitmaker ukhumbule ukuba Jikelezisa Iphephancwadi: 'Ndonwabe kakhulu ndisebenza noK'naan kwi' Wavin 'Flag.' Yayingamava amnandi lawo kuba kwakufuneka sibeke iingoma ezininzi zaseAfrika. Saqesha istudiyo esikhulu se-ol kunye neqela lamagubu e-Afrika esihlala siwabeka ngapha nangapha. '
- Emva kokuba uMitt Romney anqobe eFlorida ngexesha le-primary republican ka-2012, le ngoma yadlala. Xa uK'anan weva ngale nto, akazange achukunyiswe, egrogrisa ngamanyathelo asemthethweni ngaphambi kokuba ongeze athi 'uyakuvuyela ukunika u-Obama imvume yokuyisebenzisa ngaphandle kokukhetha.' Iphulo likaRomney lathi lalisetyenziswa phantsi kwesivumelwano seengubo.
