“Locked Up” rapper Akon was briefly arrested in Georgia last week on a bench warrant allegedly stemming from a suspended license and a prior failure to appear. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office ...

The rapper added The Gambia and Cape Verde to his Akon Lighting Africa initiative this weekend. The Gambian village of Sareh Pateh, population 4,000, turned on solar street lights for the first time ...

He's in town for music video feature with Elkhart rap group ‘Sheesh’ ...

From hit song to real life, rapper Akon was recently locked up in Chamberlee, Georgia. Akon, whose birth name is Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, is usually making headlines for his hip-hop ...

Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their "home back home". The R&B; star boasting two multi-platinum ...

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It looks like Akon was “Locked Up” recently. The rapper, whose real name is Aliaune Thiam, was arrested in Georgia after being busted for a warrant in DeKalb County last Thursday, the DeKalb County ...

Akon is no stranger to headlines about his personal life. The "Smack That" rapper, born Alioune Badara Thiam, has openly embraced polygamy, fathering nine children and being linked to multiple women ...

Akon is playing hard ball with his estranged wife in their divorce -- the rapper doesn't want to give her a dime in spousal support! According to new court docs obtained by TMZ ... Akon checked the ...

It's over between Akon and his wife. Or one of his wives. Tomeka Thiam filed for divorce the rapper, who grew up in Union City and Newark, citing irreconcilable differences, on Thursday, Sept. 11, ...