It's a 'Beautiful Day' for Akon, who has just dropped his brand-new album

It’s a Beautiful Day, as Akon has just released his new studio album. It marks his first full-length project since 2008, ...
AllHipHop

Akon Presents Atlanta’s First Annual Jollof Music And Food Festival Ft. Rotimi, Afro B & More

Akon is bringing a taste of the African continent to Atlanta this weekend (July 23), with his inaugural Jollof Music And Food Festival. Akon is gearing up to introduce Atlanta’s first annual Jollof ...
Rolling Out

Akon’s latest music incorporates a more pronounced African influence

AKON was honored with the W.E.B. DuBois Freedom & Justice Award (Photo credit: Raquelle “Rocki” Harris for rolling out Akon has been able to include “more of an African influence” in his work because ...
Yahoo

Akon on His Joyful Return to Music with New Hit "Akon's Beautiful Day' and How He Wants to Bring Positive Energy Back with Forthcoming Album

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ,Hitmaker Akon has been dominating the Billboard charts and tearing up the airwaves for two decades. He just celebrated the 20th ...
Rolling Stone

Don Omar and Akon Are Hypnotized by a ‘Good Girl’ on New Urban-Merengue Fusion

There’s nothing like two early aughts legends linking up for a hit. On Thursday, Don Omar premiered “Good Girl,” a dancefloor-ready, merengue-meets-reggae track featuring Akon. The song opens with ...
OC Weekly

Five Things You Want to Know About Akon

Akon's been pretty busy lately–touring all over the world (he was in India, Oregon and good old Cali), starting two labels (Konvict Muzic and Kon Live Distribution), collaborating with everyone from ...