Senegalese lawmakers have called out 'Akon City' for its lackluster progress. Akon’s multi-billion dollar quest to build a metropolis in Senegal faces a new ultimatum. The Senegalese government has ...

Akon has a shocking revelation. The singer admitted that at the beginning of his career, he would use his brother Abou Thiam as a body double when he was overbooked for shows. “Bu was my double. He ...

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 ...

Akon is a wildly successful Senegalese-American singer and record producer, known for mega-hits like "Lonely" and "Locked Up." He's also a good sport. This week, Akon (legal name Aliaune Damala Badara ...

Akon said his brother Bu once lip-synced entire shows pretending to be him while another brother booked gigs under his name without asking. Akon admitted his brothers once pulled off a bold stunt in ...

Akon is shutting down rumors that his dream project, “Akon City,” has been scrapped. The ambitious city, first unveiled in 2018, was pitched as a cutting-edge, crypto-powered hub designed to transform ...

Akon's ‘Chammak Challo’: It has been 11 years, since the Shah Rukh Khan starrer movie Ra.One's item song Chammak Challo became a big hit. However, the song still has the same craze today. Akon ...

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 ...

Akon admitted that he used to employ his brother Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam as his double when he couldn’t make it to a show. In an interview on The Morning Hustle, the singer and entrepreneur was asked about ...

R&B singer Akon is leading a $6 billion project to turn an oceanfront village in his native Senegal into a stunning metropolis that bears a striking resemblance to Wakanda, the African sci-fi ...

Another chapter was recently written in the ongoing romance between celebrities and dictators. This time the dictator seeking to launder his reputation and distract from his crimes was Uganda's Yoweri ...

Akon's El Negreeto album contains nine tracks, produced by Maffio, and combines different Latin genres like reggaeton, bachata and merengue. By Suzette Fernandez “The Latin culture, it’s amazing,” ...