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Kenna

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Make Sure They See My Face (2007)

New Sacred Cow (2003)

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1 Male

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Alternative Rock

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Rock/Pop

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2001

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2001 to Present...

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Kenna - Say Goodbye to Love
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Kenna - Out of Control (State of Emotion)
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Kenna - Freetime
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Kenna - Hell Bent
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Kenna - Sun Red Sky Blue

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Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as simply Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician. His track "Say Goodbye To Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards.

Kenna is the eldest son of an Ethiopian family that immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was later raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, attending school with friends and eventual career-long collaborators Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams. Kenna began to express an interest in music upon receiving a copy of U2's The Joshua Tree. That album inspired Kenna to teach himself piano while studying singers like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, as well as groups like The Cure and Duran Duran. Breaking into the music scene at such a young age and at an interesting time in pop history, Kenna met some of music’s biggest names including Whitney Houston, Babyface, Blackstreet, Teddy Riley and Michael Jackson.