Akon — Grammy-nominated artist, R&B pioneer, and philanthropist on the rise — has come a long way since releasing his breakout single “Locked Up” in 2004. He's released three studio albums, charted ...

“I was gonna do it independently, and then when I went out and kinda exposed the concept of what I was gonna do I got all these major offers and Atlantic came with a great situation that I felt could ...

Akon has gone viral again for his outlandish comments about gender roles while appearing on rapper Joe Budden’s podcast. A clip of the artist’s interview released a month ago is now a hot topic on ...

Akon was born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam on April 16, 1973 (now age 50) in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mor Thiam and Kine Gueye Thiam. His father, Mor Thiam, is a Senegalese percussionist who has ...

Rapper and entrepreneur, Akon, shares his vision for his forthcoming Akoin cryptocurrency in this exclusive video interview with Cointelegraph. The crypto platform will enable the tokenized trading of ...

Akon’s Wakanda is on the way, he tells Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur. “My biggest thing was I promoted it way, way, way too early,” Akon confessed during the interview. When pressed, he said it was sheer ...

Akon confessed that he wore the fake Dior “Drio” jacket because he knew it would garner interest in his “Drink Champs” interview. Akon knows how to capture the spotlight and isn’t afraid of employing ...

He added that the former music executive and drug kingpin wasn’t fully aware of the music business politics that would “warrant what Fif’ did.” The “big ass song” Akon is referring to Rick Ross’ 2010 ...

Akon has left fans furious after he defended Kanye West who told conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that he "liked Hitler". The rapper has been accused of "spitting in the face of Jewish people" during ...