Akon's plans to build a futuristic city in Senegal might have been scrapped, but the land that was supposed to house it apparently won't be going to waste. Back in 2020, the "Locked Up" hitmaker ...

Producer, singer, rapper, and developer Akon is clearing up any rumors and confusion about his ongoing “Akon City” project in Senegal after reports surfaced that the $6 billion project was being ...

ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) - Akon, the five-time Grammy-nominated singer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s with his song “Locked Up,” was arrested last week near Atlanta in the ...

Akon was arrested in Georgia over the weekend after police issued a warrant on a vehicle registered to the singer. The Grammy-nominated hip-hop star (real name: Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam) was ...