AKON was honored with the W.E.B. DuBois Freedom & Justice Award (Photo credit: Raquelle “Rocki” Harris for rolling out Akon has been able to include “more of an African influence” in his work because ...

Akon said the music video for one of Michael Jackson’s songs was a huge inspiration to him. The “Don’t Matter” singer revealed he became very close to Jackson toward the end of the King of Pop’s life.

Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fueled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves — but his criminal past was always an underlying part of his success. His breakthrough album was ...

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(AllHipHop News) Though Akon hasn’t been present on the mic or released an album since his 2008 effort Freedom, the Senegalese-American artist/producer remains relevant behind the scenes as he adds ...

When Senegalese singer Akon first emerged on The Billboard Hot 100 three years ago, fresh from a jail sentence for car theft that he documented in the top 10 single "Locked Up," listeners weren't… By ...

If there is an Illuminati, and if that Illuminati is indeed desegregated, best believe that Akon is the blackest knight at that illicit roundtable. Like Usher, like Jay Z, like Dr. Dre, and recently T ...

Things could have been very different for Akon. The five-time Grammy-nominated rapper was born in Missouri but spent most of his childhood in a village in the West African country of Senegal before ...

Ten minutes before the start of a benefit concert at Harlem's Apollo Theater, and rapper-singer-songwriter Akon is brawling with his deejay over how to hook a stodgy crowd of Manhattan philanthropists ...

Akon is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter and music producer, popularly known for his groovy music. He rose to fame after the release of his debut single in 2004 and made a name for himself in ...

Akon has reportedly been arrested. The "Locked Up" hitmaker got caught up with law enforcement agents over a suspended license. Although it did not result in the singer getting thrown behind bars, his ...