Akon has gone viral again for his outlandish comments about gender roles while appearing on rapper Joe Budden’s podcast. A clip of the artist’s interview released a month ago is now a hot topic on ...

Akon confessed that he wore the fake Dior “Drio” jacket because he knew it would garner interest in his “Drink Champs” interview. Akon knows how to capture the spotlight and isn’t afraid of employing ...

“I was gonna do it independently, and then when I went out and kinda exposed the concept of what I was gonna do I got all these major offers and Atlantic came with a great situation that I felt could ...

Akon’s Wakanda is on the way, he tells Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur. “My biggest thing was I promoted it way, way, way too early,” Akon confessed during the interview. When pressed, he said it was sheer ...

Akon was born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam on April 16, 1973 (now age 50) in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mor Thiam and Kine Gueye Thiam. His father, Mor Thiam, is a Senegalese percussionist who 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 ...

In this exclusive Pulse interview, I spoke to the international megastar on his era-defiling success, his contributions to Afrobeats' early international push, making a full circle with his latest ...