Two classic music videos have been re-released in conjunction with a 20th anniversary edition of Akon's 2004 debut album.

But there's one more thing that screams "Akon" as loud as his music: his luxurious white Lamborghini Gallardo. This car isn’t ...

Akon sang his hit song during an apparent arrest after joining kick streamer Vitaly days after he came under fire for making racist comments. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window ...

The Senegalese government has threatened to take away the land designated for 'Akon City' if the singer does not start ...

RnB singer Akon says his much-delayed plans for Akon City - an African metropolis on the Senegalese coast - are "100,000% moving". Although goats are currently grazing on the site, he says that ...

Akon is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter and music producer, popularly known for his groovy music. He rose to fame after the release of his debut single in 2004 and made a name for himself in ...

Singer Akon had all of Senegal excited about his plans to create a $6 billion futuristic Wakanda-inspired city in the West African country. But four years after he made his intentions known ...

Akon's eponymous city project, envisioned as a $6 billion futuristic metropolis in Senegal, Africa, now faces a critical ultimatum. The Senegalese government issued an ultimatum to the ...

DAKAR – A single arched concrete block juts out of a field in Senegal, where R&B singer Akon laid the foundation stone for his US$6 billion (S$7.95 billion) metropolis four years ago.

A single arched concrete block juts out of a field in Senegal where R&B singer Akon first laid the foundation stone for his $6 billion metropolis four years ago. The West African nation granted ...

Rich people have become obsessed with building new cities lately—an affliction that extends even to hip-hop and R&B singer Akon. Back in 2020, Akon announced that he would build a futuristic new ...

The "Akon City" foundation stone in Mbodiène, Senegal, in August 2021. JOHN WESSELS / AFP The village of Mbodiène lies 100 kilometers south of Dakar on the Atlantic coast. Herds of zebu graze on ...