Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akon‘s “Lonely” music video is the latest addition to YouTube’s Billion Views Club. It’s his third to reach the milestone on the ...

Akon is a man with a plan to make the world a better place. The R&B sensation is using his celebrity in the best way possible, teaming up with DJ Hardwerk and Shell Gasoline to drop the uplifting new ...

Earlier this month, a new music video from Akon appeared on YouTube, marking a rare resurfacing for the silky-voiced singer. Far from the strip-clubs-and-sports-cars milieu that characterized much of ...

Akon has earned success and topped the charts since his breakout single, 'Locked Up,' was released in 2004, and his music videos have added to his popularity. 'Locked Up,' the debut Akon video, ...

Akon certainly has been busy, having been on tour recently with Konvict Kultures’ First Lady Amirror. Few artists seem to have an enduring longevity of continued success but for Akon he’s an important ...

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 ...

Bengaluru’s stop on Akon’s India Tour was supposed to be a nostalgic, high-voltage night of chart-toppers, but a viral clip from the concert has now sparked controversy instead. The incident has ...