Karl Wolf & Kardinal Offishall

Combining R&B, pop, and hip-hop, Karl Wolf has become one of Canada's leading music stars and earned a sizable international following after his cover of Toto's "Africa" became a major hit. Wolf was born Karl Abou Samah in Beirut, Lebanon in 1979, and he relocated to Dubai with his family after war broke out. As a teenager, he picked up the nickname "Wolf" from a friend who had seen the movie Teen Wolf: like the picture's title character, Karl was smaller than most of the other guys on the basketball court, but his speed and tenacity made him an impressive competitor. Wolf and...