Kenna
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Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician, philanthropist and technology creative. His track "Say Goodbye to Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards. Kenna is the founder and producer of the Summit on the Summit clean water initiative, and also partnered with Justin Timberlake to re-imagine the social network Myspace before Time Inc. purchased it.
Person · Open Library
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- 45
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- Blue Dot : Level 5 : Teacher's Guide with Digital Pack
- Blue Dot : Level 5 : Student Book with Digital Pack
- Blue Dot : Level 5 : Classroom Resources Pack
- Blue Dot : Level 5 : Student Book with Online Practice
- Blue Dot : Level 5 : Workbook
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 174,996
- Total plays
- 2,356,410
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Kenna Zemedkun is an Ethiopian-born American musician. The eldest son of an immigrant family relocated to Virginia Beach (and later raised in Cincinnati, Ohio), Kenna began to express an interest in music upon receiving a copy of U2's The Joshua Tree. More records by influential artists such as The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Cure and The Cars followed, and remain as inspiration and influence of Kenna's music today. With the release of his first single <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kenna">
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project
· 2013 · cited 8,036x
- Dissociable Intrinsic Connectivity Networks for Salience Processing and Executive Control
· 2007 · cited 6,510x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,434x
- Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma
· 2015 · cited 2,675x
- The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer
· 2015 · cited 2,548x
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.kennakenna.com
- Image
- Kennauds.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1978-01-01
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 30924
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Personal life
- Career
- ''New Sacred Cow''
- ''Make Sure They See My Face''
- ''Land 2 Air Chronicles'' and ''Songs for Flight''
- Other works
- Other ventures
- ''Summit on the Summit''
- Myspace
- Translator
- Discography
- Studio albums
- EPs
- Guest appearances
- References
- External links
Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician, philanthropist and technology creative. His track "Say Goodbye to Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards. Kenna is the founder and producer of the Summit on the Summit clean water initiative, and also partnered with Justin Timberlake to re-imagine the social network Myspace before Time Inc. purchased it.
==Personal life== Kenna was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he was raised by his grandfather for the first three years of his life. His parents had escaped persecution and immigrated to England and later America; Kenna reunited with them in Cincinnati, Ohio when he was three years old.