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Frank Waln, Hip Hop Artist and Gates Scholar, Goes for Five NAMA Awards

Frank Waln (Sicangu Lakota) is a 23 year-old award-winning hip hop artist, producer and performer hailing from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. A recipient of a Gates Millennium Scholarship, he is currently studying Audio Design and Production at Columbia College in Chicago, IL.

In 2010, using just a keyboard and a laptop, Waln and his group Nake Nula Waun (which means “I am always ready, at all times, for anything”) created and produced their first albumScars and Bars. The album went on to win Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording at the 2011 Native American Music Awards (NAMA).

In 2011, with Nake Nulu Waun, Waln was the winner of the ROCKWiRED Radio Music Award for Best Group, and he won the ROCKWiRED Radio Music Awards for Best Male Artist and Best Recording by an American Indian Artist/Band in 2013.


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