Frank Waln
Frank Waln (born August 2, 1989 in the Rosebud Indian Reservation , South Dakota ) is an American rapper and Indian activist from the Sicangu Lakota Sioux tribe . He grew up on the family ranch with his mother Mary Waln on the reservation. He studied on a Gates Millennium Scholarship, first medicine at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska (which he dropped out after 4 semesters) and then music at Columbia College Chicago . He has a degree in music and acoustics. With his first album Scars and Bars he won the NAMA Award in 2011 , which he won three more times in the following years. The album was only produced with a computer and keyboard. In the same year he won the ROCKWiRED Radio Music Award for Best Group with his group Nake Nula Waun, Waln and in 2013 the ROCKWiRED Radio Music Awards for Best Male Artist . His songs Oil 4 Blood , AbOriginal , Born on the Rez and Hear My Cry are particularly well known . The content of his songs focuses on life on the Indian reservation.
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Web links
- Frank Waln official website (English)
- north america-filmfestival.com
- Native American rapper Frank Waln talks decolonization and dirty spirit (English)
- Bob Marley of the Lakota: A Playboy Conversation with Frank Waln (English)
- Indigenous rapper Frank Waln Thinks Americans Should Know Their History (English)
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| SURNAME | Waln, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rapper and Indian activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosebud Indian Reservation , South Dakota |