Plans for a futuristic African city backed by New Jersey-born music mogul and entrepreneur Akon have been scrapped, and the site in Senegal will now be developed as a $1 billion resort, Bloomberg ...

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 ...

Akon City and Akoin show "many of the trademark characteristics of fraudulent business ventures such as Ponzi schemes and pyramid schemes," according to an affidavit. Hussein Bakri/BAD Consultant/Sem ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - There are two artists in Elkhart who are making waves in the industry right now, and they’re all part of Konvict Kulture — a record company started by multi-platinum artist ...

OG Boo Dirty believes that music saved his life. After experiencing issues that could have derailed his career, the Memphis native decided to focus on his love for creating music. He eventually signed ...

Hip-hop star Akon fabricated details of his criminal past, according to the website The Smoking Gun. Among other claims, the platinum-selling artist—whose second album was titled Konvicted—never ...

Rapper and singer Akon has announced the creation of his own cryptocurrency, the Akoin, to be used in his new crypto city. Rapper and singer Akon of twelve Billboard Top Ten Hits, including the famous ...

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 ...

After recording in Hindi for Shah Rukh's Ra.One on Wednesday, Akon decided to record another song, this time in Punjabi for his friend Aadesh Shrivastava. The song's lyrics went Kudi kat ke kaleja le ...

Skillz, who originated the annual “Rap Up” concept, dropped his recap of the year along with a powerful message in honor of George Floyd. Rapper Skillz has delivered on his annual recap of the year ...

Besides the string of hits Akon released in the early 2000s, we also have Akon to thank for introducing the masses to artists such as T-Pain and Lady Gaga. At the time, Akon also had the opportunity ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio Recently, the popular musician Akon ignited a not-so-deep-seated ...