Premier Wab Kinew: From rapper to reporter to Manitoba's top political office
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Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student. Premier. Wab Kinew's path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path to becoming the first First Nations premier of a province.
Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student.
Premier.
Wab Kinew's path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path to becoming the first First Nations premier of a province.
Kinew and the Manitoba NDP won a majority government Tuesday night, defeating the governing Progressive Conservatives and making Canadian history.
"I was given a second chance in life. I'd like to think that I made good on that opportunity," Kinew said in his victory speech.
"My life became immeasurably better when I stopped making excuses and I started looking for a reason. And I found that reason in our family, I found that reason in our community and I found that reason in our province and country.
"So young people out there who want to change your life for the better: you can do it."