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 ...

Rap star The Game has been cleared to enter into Australia for an upcoming concert, but a delay in processing controversial R&B singer Akon’s visa has postponed the concert until next month. The ...

A local law firm defending the singer Akon in a lawsuit stemming from a Detroit music video shoot and an alleged robbery is asking to be let out of the case, citing financial reasons. Wayne County ...

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 ...

It's over between Akon and his wife. Or one of his wives. Tomeka Thiam filed for divorce the rapper, who grew up in Union City and Newark, citing irreconcilable differences, on Thursday, Sept. 11, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...