Akon

Birth name: Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam
Years active: 1996 - today
Born: 30-04-1973
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Genre: Rnb , Hip hop , Pop

Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known by his middle and stage name Akon (pronounced /ˈeɪkɒn/), is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination of the single...  [read more]