Frank Waln

Frank Waln or Oyate Teca Obmani ("Walks With Young People") is a Sicangu Lakota rapper and activist. His first solo album, Born Ready, was released in 2017, followed by The Bridge the same year. He has been awarded three Native American Music Awards and received five nominations, both individually and with his group Nake Nula Waun. Many of Waln's songs tackle Native American social issues. Waln grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and first began listening to hip hop as a teenager. He later graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Audio Arts and Acoustics, and also received a Gates Millennium Scholarship.

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Songs Against Colonialism - 2024-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

In the Key of Lakota - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Born Ready - 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Olówan Wétu (Spring Songs) - 2020-06-12T00:00:00.000000Z

For Women and Girls on Fire - 2018-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z

#Fourteen91 - 2018-05-31T00:00:00.000000Z

The Bridge - 2017-07-13T00:00:00.000000Z

2 Worlds - 2013-10-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Star Dust - 2023-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

One More Cup of Coffee - 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Wild Fire - 2023-02-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Wild Horses - 2023-01-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Bad Medicine - 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000000Z

NDN Chant - 2021-10-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Basements (Yako 440 Remix) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Concentration Camp Blues - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Hope - 2021-05-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Like a Rock - 2021-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Anti-Social - 2021-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Dreams - 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000000Z

My People Come from the Land - 2019-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Wókiksuye - 2018-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Hear My Cry - 2017-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

My Stone 2017 (feat. Samsoche Sampson & Yako 440) - 2017-05-30T00:00:00.000000Z

7 (feat. Tanaya Winder) - 2016-10-10T00:00:00.000000Z