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 ...

Akon and Michael Jackson to collaborate? Nothing is official just yet but Akon has confirmed that the possibility is being explored and it could happen in another few months or sooner. Shortly after ...

Last Sunday (June 3), during a performance in Fishkill, N.Y., 34-year-old R&B artist Akon invited a yet-to-be identified 15-year-old boy from the audience onstage, then proceeded to hoist the young ...

Los Angeles: 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson's "incredibly beautiful" duet with Akon recorded in 2007 will be released on Monday as the first official single from the late singer's next album, it was ...

Even though the smash hit "Konvicted" is only his second CD, Akon feels he has achieved one of his main career goals. "I didn't want people to put me in one (niche), trapped in one box where I could ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three years ago he debuted on the charts with the single "Locked Up." This year, Akon locks up Billboard's top pop artist honor. Sign up ...

Akon is facing criminal charges after a fan said she suffered a concussion when the hip-hop star tossed a teenager off the stage at a concert in upstate New York and onto her in the crowd. Akon, 34, ...

Akon pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment stemming from an incident at a June concert. The rapper allegedly threw a fan off the ...

Not content with coining the squeakiest tune of 2005, (Lonely, so lonely) formerly locked down R&B sensation Akon is also the proud owner of a diamond mine in South Africa. Details of the mine remain ...

He was on his best behavior. Sort of. Pop-R&B; sensation Akon played a packed house at Rams Head Live Wednesday night, barely a week after Verizon ended its partnership with the Senegalese star after ...

There are four names from the international pop scene that always cross my daughter’s lips: Christina Aguilera (unfortunately, we missed her concert), Beyoncé (we watched that one!), Avril Lavigne ...

Alright look, we actually liked the Curtis album, and we liked this song too, plus you KNOW how we feel about Akon, but it's getting to the point where we just imagine 50 cent slowly working towards ...