Senegalese-American music star, Aliaune Thiam, simply known as Akon, has opened up about how he became involved in Wizkid’s early career, revealing that he signed the Nigerian singer through ...

A man with an eye for an opportunity, Akon has lent his plaintive vocals to songs by everyone from Gwen Stefani to Michael Jackson, selling 8m of his own two albums along the way. Freedom preserves ...

Apparently, it's just not cool to sling 15-year-old boys over your shoulder and throw them into a crowd of people. Oh, and the woman the boy landed on ain't happy, either ... It seems not even Akon is ...