Akon
Biography
Although he was born in St. Louis, Aliaune Thiam -- aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song "Locked Up" raised Akon's profile, and he followed up in the fall of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon enough, two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smack That," had made their way to the upper regions of the Billboard charts. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
I yelled at my girlfriend today because someone told me a guy was hitting on my girlfriend. I just flipped out!!!
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Keep it on coming with the love songs and the relationship songs!!!!
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HE AKON JUST WANT TO LET YOU I AM TRUE FAN OF YOURS. KEEP THE MUSIC COMING AND WE WILL KEEP ON BUYING YOUR MUSIC.
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i relly love you and you better not have a girlfriend or i will kill you. my number is 5094742 call me. love ya
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This song holds special meaning to me since my boyfriend is currently incarsarated and the lyrics ring so true to our life and situation at the time he fell.Forever I love You Thomas
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I like most of his songs. My recent favorites are Smack That and I Wanna Love You.
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i think akon is a pretty good music artists. the best song i think he made was locked up.
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he is the best singer in the universe so deal with it!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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The only Akon song that I like is Matter but other then that he is s**t
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Smack that dumb s**t who played this terd on my station. Can't stand it!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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