Akon visits SiriusXM Studios in New York City on September 22, 2022. The singer and record producer has responded to memes making fun of his hairline. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images ...

Recording artist Akon recently admitted that his brother, Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam, was employed to perform as his double during a show he could not attend. Business BUSINESS ...

Akon said he and Bu carried out the ruse to ensure no money was left on the table, suggesting they both profited from the move. But it wasn't just Bu who would front as Akon; the artist's other ...

Akon didn’t just profit off the culture, he monetized it and sold it to the world. Even when Ye and Candace Owens throw Black people under the bus, at least they use white people’s buses.

Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next ...

Akon: This album is going to change things, hopefully. I want to bring back the old ways of releasing music with a fresh, futuristic perspective. Right now, it’s all about singles.

Akon recently came under fire for defending Kanye West’s comments on Jews. The singer appeared on Sky News' Breakfast show and discussed West’s anti-Semitic controversy, Twitter ban, and his ...

The spotlight has been on Nick Cannon when it comes to celebrities with a lot of children. He even joked about fathering 11 kids in a recent video.It turns out Akon has been flying under the radar ...

Akon and his wife, Tomeka “Amirror” Thiam, have been going strong for several years. When asked about the key to their relationship, Akon, 51, exclusively told Us Weekly that “people kind of ...

Akon's eponymous city project, envisioned as a $6 billion futuristic metropolis in Senegal, Africa, now faces a critical ultimatum.. The Senegalese government issued an ultimatum to the singer ...

In 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon vowed to create "a real-life Wakanda" in Senegal. But four years on, his futuristic city remains little more than a pipe dream. The West African nation had ...