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April 19, 2007

Q&A and Exclusive Audio: Akon

The R&B hitmaker on his favorite singer (Phil Collins) and why he tests his new songs in strip clubs
November 2, 2006

Q&A: Akon

How Akon went from car thief to inmate to hip-hop's top R&B singer

Recordings and Reviews

Freedom

Beneath the digital production and R2D2 vocals, Akon is secretly an old-fashioned romantic, and his third album is his most heart-on-sleeve. There's a song about high rolling ("I'm So Paid," featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy) and a skeezy ode to PDA, "We Don't Care." But most of Freedom is pure...

2008 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Konvicted

2006

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Akon Interview (Clive Davis Party)

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Biography

When R&B crooner Akon shot to fame in 2004 with his hit "Locked Up" (Number Eight), he became the go-to star for pop and hip-hop artists wanting a silky voice to sing their hooks. So prolific in his output, Akon twice in a five month period between December 2006 and April 2007 simultaneously owned the Number One and Number Two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

The son of Senegalese...

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