(NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub. In ...

Akon recently looked back on one of his more unexpected musical collaborations when he joined Ralph Sutton on The SDR Show. During the conversation, the singer and Sutton revisited The Lonely Island’s ...

Imagine standing on a stage, bathed in the roar of tens of thousands. The electricity of a stadium crowd, singing every lyric back to you. This is the world Akon knows intimately. He has commanded ...

Akon and Ne-Yo brought their Nights Like This Tour to the Morton Amphitheater in Riverside, Missouri on Friday, Aug. 7. Andrew Chin for Live Nation Kansas City was graced with smash records from some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prince Williams/WireImage When an early-career Akon didn't have time to perform at live concerts, his younger brothers Bu and Omar ...

Akon sat down with Complex host Izzy Izzo for a round of "Finesse Or Fail," rating his past dicey moves from claiming royal status in high school to getting fake hair. Salute to Akon. He kept it real.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Akon speaks at the AKONIK listening session at Platinum Sounds on August 21, 2019 in New York City. Akon's new single “Akon’s Beautiful Day” earns the singer his first ...

The singer and producer revealed all about the bizarre Middle Eastern experience for 'royalty' ...

Akon is going viral after singing his 2024 hit “Locked Up” alongside controversial streamer Vitaly during the arrest of an alleged child predator. On Thursday evening, the singer was one of the ...

Akon’s wife, Tomeka Thiam, has officially filed for divorce from the multi-platinum singer and entrepreneur, bringing an end to a nearly three-decade marriage. According to newly surfaced court ...

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 ...