The 47-year-old, real name Aliaune Akon Thiam, also visited the site in Mbodienne with government officials and detailed the various districts the city will have. These include a technology hub ...

Akon, real name Aliaune Akon Thiam, launched his own cryptocurrency called AKoin in 2017 and hopes it’ll become the common currency in Akon City and wider Africa.

Still a month-and-some-change away from it's official release, Akon's latest full-length studio effort finally got a cover to go with the title. The album, which is called Freedom, and is Akon's ...

But Akon's path to superstardom hit some roadblocks last year. He drew widespread criticism for his sexually charged dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl during a spring concert in Trinidad.

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 ...

Soon, Akon found that producing and writing others — while carving out a prime guest spot on the track for himself — was the best way to build his own success.