R&B singer Akon is an unlikely superstar. He was born in St. Louis to Senegalese immigrant parents, and it’s a safe bet that no previous Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper is a native Wolof speaker with a ...

Last Sunday (June 3), during a performance in Fishkill, N.Y., 34-year-old R&B artist Akon invited a yet-to-be identified 15-year-old boy from the audience onstage, then proceeded to hoist the young ...

Even though the smash hit "Konvicted" is only his second CD, Akon feels he has achieved one of his main career goals. "I didn't want people to put me in one (niche), trapped in one box where I could ...

'King of Pop' Michael Jackson's "incredibly beautiful" duet with Akon recorded in 2007 will be released on Monday as the first official single from the late singer's next album, it was announced today ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three years ago he debuted on the charts with the single "Locked Up." This year, Akon locks up Billboard's top pop artist honor. Sign up ...

Akon is facing criminal charges after a fan said she suffered a concussion when the hip-hop star tossed a teenager off the stage at a concert in upstate New York and onto her in the crowd. Akon, 34, ...

Akon pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment stemming from an incident at a June concert. The rapper allegedly threw a fan off the ...

Akon, under fire for his sexually explicit dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl, has offered an apology to the teen and anyone else who was offended by the display. Akon was videotaped simulating sex ...

He was on his best behavior. Sort of. Pop-R&B; sensation Akon played a packed house at Rams Head Live Wednesday night, barely a week after Verizon ended its partnership with the Senegalese star after ...

When Senegalese singer Akon first emerged on The Billboard Hot 100 three years ago, fresh from a jail sentence for car theft that he documented in the top 10 single "Locked Up," listeners weren't… By ...

Can Akon beat this rap? Maybe the cops in Fishkill, N.Y. take a harder line with celebrities. Hip-hop singer Akon better hope they don’t, though, else his hit album “Konvicted” prove too prophetic a ...