Akon poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. When Akon releases his first albums in seven years, he'll largely bypass the music labels and ask fans to download an app to their phone for exclusive access.

ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) - Akon, the five-time Grammy-nominated singer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s with his song “Locked Up,” was arrested last week near Atlanta in the ...

American singer Akon has long enjoyed a significant fan-following in India thanks to his showstopping partnership with Shah Rukh Khan‘s overly ambitious 2011 Bollywood flick Ra.One. South Asian ...