Akon may joke about being called an ugly African kid in his younger days, but he s definitely got the last laugh these days. The SRC Records golden child has blossomed into an edgy, international sex ...

Akon tells Shannon Sharpe that one of his favorite records is ‘Soul Survivor’ ft. Young Jeezy and how Meech from BMF made the connection. “Jeezy at the time was so raw. I told Meech: ‘This kid, I ...

Akon & AMIRROR chatted with Billboard’s Carl Lamarre on the red carpet of the 2024 BET Awards. A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry Send us a tip using our anonymous form. A daily ...

R&B singer Akon is an unlikely superstar. He was born in St. Louis to Senegalese immigrant parents, and it’s a safe bet that no previous Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper is a native Wolof speaker with a ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For about five ...

AHHA: We heard a rumor that you’re actually doing a movie based on your life. Akon: Yeah I got a movie based on my life called Illegal Alien. It’s probably going to be the craziest movie that drops ...

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