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Mar 13, 2016 · The Manitoba NDP's Wab Kinew said Friday he plans to continue to run in Fort Rouge, despite calls from the Liberals for his removal as a candidate. (CBC) When the Manitoba NDP announced it was ...
- Wab Kinew's unlikely path from rapper, reporter to politician ...
Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student. Wab Kinew's path...
- Wab Kinew's unlikely path from rapper, reporter to politician ...
- Early Years and Education
- Music Career
- Journalism and Activism
- Career in Politics
- Controversies
- Personal Life
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Wab Kinew was born in 1981 to Kathi Avery Kinew, a policy analyst, and Tobasonakwut Kinew, a former Northern Ontario regional chief, residential school survivor and educator. Kinew spent his early years on the Onigaming First Nation in Northern Ontario and attended an Anishinaabe immersion preschool before moving with his family to Winnipeg, where ...
In the late-1990s, Wab Kinew and several friends formed the rapgroup Dead Indians. Though they never released a full-length album, the group toured North America and became well-known among Indigenous youth via social media. The Dead Indians largely stopped performing together in 2008. In 2009, Kinew released the solo hip hop album Live by the Drum...
In late 2005, Wab Kinew wrote a letter to the editor about Canada’s Olympic hockey team that was published in the Winnipeg Free Press. This caught the attention of a CBC Radio producer and he began working for CBC Manitoba as an associate producer. He later moved into television reporting and also hosted the weekly radio arts program called The 204...
In 2015, it was rumored that Wab Kinew, who had long been open about his political ambitions, was interested in running for the Liberal Party in the riding of Winnipeg Centre in the federal election. However, Kinew chose provincial politics to make his debut. In February 2016, he announced he would seek the NDP nomination in the urban Winnipeg ridi...
In addition to criminal convictions for impaired driving and assault, Wab Kinew’s rapsongs and Twitter account also became the focus of controversy. Though he was viewed as a star candidate for the NDP in the 2016 election, his campaign was jolted when his earlier lyrics and tweets resurfaced. Among them were tweets referring to “fat chicks” and su...
Kinew married physician Lisa Monkman in 2014 and has two sons from a previous relationship. He is a member of the Midewiwin, the Anishinaabe society of healers and spiritual leaders.
Best Rap or Hip Hop Album (Live by the Drum), Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (now the Indigenous Music Awards) (2009).Honorary Degree, DLitt, Cape Breton University(2014)Feb 23, 2011 · WFG Throwdown! - Three local hip hop artists along with three local music video directors got together to mentor youth from three local community centres. To...
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Sep 24, 2017 · Wab Kinew made Manitoba history when he was elected as leader of the provincial NDP on Sept. 16. ... "I would also like to apologize for misogynistic rap lyrics I have written or performed in the ...
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Jun 4, 2013 · Award-winning rapper and CBC journalist Wab Kinew interprets data from FNIGC's Regional Health Survey Phase 2. Music & Video by Wab Kinew (www.wabkinew.ca). ...
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Sep 5, 2023 · Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student. Wab Kinew's path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path to politics.
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Oct 4, 2023 · BY Alex Hudson Published Oct 4, 2023. Manitoba's new premier-designate is a former rapper: NDP politician Wab Kinew, who won the general election that took place yesterday (October 3), is set to ...
