Canadian rapper Okay’naan has been charged with one rely of sexual assault associated to an alleged incident from July 2010, in accordance with The Canadian Press.
The fees have been filed in a Quebec Metropolis courthouse on September 26, detailing an incident that reportedly occurred between July 16 and 17, coinciding with Okay’naan’s look on the Competition d’été de Québec.
The grievance was initially lodged with Montreal police in Could 2022, and the case was transferred to Quebec Metropolis after investigators decided that the alleged assault occurred in a resort room inside that jurisdiction.
The sufferer, who was 29 on the time of the incident, has remained nameless. Okay’naan, whose actual title is Keinan Abdi Warsame, was 33 years outdated on the time.
Okay’naan was not current in courtroom when the case was offered. His authorized group has requested that the trial be carried out in English, with a assessment scheduled for April 2025.
Earlier this week, Okay’naan acquired the SOCAN Cultural Influence Award on the thirty fourth Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada Awards, honoring his 2009 hit “Wavin’ Flag,” which reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Canadian Scorching 100 and served as the worldwide anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Born on April 16, 1978, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Okay’naan moved to america together with his mom and two siblings when he was 13. After a quick keep in New York, they settled in Toronto, the place Okay’naan started studying English by listening to hip-hop artists like Nas and Rakim. He developed his rap expertise regardless of the language barrier, however his upbringing in Toronto’s Rexdale neighborhood was marked by the lack of many associates to violence and different tragedies.
