Akon

Birth name: Aliaune Thiam

Born: April 16, 1973 (1973-04-16) -> Age 35

Height: 180 cm

Nationality: Senegal
Hair Color: Black

Genre(s): R&B, hip hop, reggae

Years active: 2003–present

website: www.akononline.com

Akon is a very famous rapper. A lot of people like him and his music is one of the best music of the world of rap.

Akon rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up" from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single "Smack That."

Akon has confirmed that a reality television show is in the works. It will be called "My Brother's Keeper" and the point is that Akon's two nearly identical brothers will go around in Atlanta posing as him fooling people into thinking that it is in fact Akon. They will try to get VIP treatment, girls and free things. Akon has claimed that people have mistaken his brothers for him many times in Atlanta which is what the show is based on

He have 3 discs very famous:

Trouble (2004)

"Locked Up"
"Trouble Nobody"
"Belly Dancer (Bananza)"
"Gangsta"
"Ghetto" (absent from Deluxe Edition)
"Pot of Gold"
" Show Out"
"Lonely"
"When The Time's Right"
"Journey"
"Don't Let Up"
"Easy Road"
"Locked Up (Remix)" (feat. Styles P)

Konvicted (2006)

"Shake Down"
"Blown Away" (feat. Styles P)
"Smack That" (feat. Eminem)
"I Wanna Fuck You" (feat. SnoopDogg)
"The Rain"
"Never Took the Time"
"Mama Africa"
"I Can't Wait" (feat. T-Pain)
"Tired of Runnin'"
"Once in a While"
"Don't Matter"

Freedom (2008)

"Right Now (Na Na Na)"
"Beautiful"
"Keep You Much Longer"
"Troublemaker" (featuring Sweet Rush)
"We Don't Care"
"I'm So Paid" (featuring Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne)
"Holla Holla" (featuring T-Pain)
"Against the Grain" (featuring Ray Lavender)

"Be with You"
"Sunny Day" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
"Birthmark"
"Over the Edge"
"Freedom"

3 importants pages from akon:
akon 1

akon 2

akon 3

Akon also has work with 50 cent and together had created new songs very significatives to the people who really like hip hop. This song are one of them:

-Nowadays, Akon is still working for his new album. And soom, we will can buy it and hear his news fantastics songs-