Akon’s 2005 smash 'Lonely' has joined the Spotify Billions Club by accumulating more than a billion plays on the streaming platform.

Akon and Detroit rapper Tone Tone talk about the release of the Detroit inspired song 'Waddupdoe', their respective careers ...

If you were a hip-hop and R&B fan in the 2000s, it may have been hard to find a hit song that didn’t have singers Akon and Ne-Yo on it. Now, the two will team up for a world tour, which includes a ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Grammy Award-winning artists Ne-Yo and Akon are set to bring their co-headline global tour to Las Vegas, according to a Live Nation and MGM Grand press release. Officials report the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — If you are not ‘so sick’ of love songs, Ne-Yo and Akon are joining forces to perform in Virginia Beach this summer! The Grammy-award winning artists will perform at ...

BRISTOW, Va. (7News) — Grammy award winners Ne-Yo and Akon are coming to the Commonwealth this summer! They will perform in Bristow, Virginia -- just one of the 57 cities on their ‘Nights Like This’ ...

R&B singers Ne-Yo and Akon are teaming up for a 2026 tour, and Houston is on the list of stops. Akon and Ne-Yo will make a stop in Houston on Sunday, Aug. 9, for their "Nights Like This" tour at The ...

American-Senegalese singer Akon has earned praise from fans across social media after firmly defending the late pop icon Michael Jackson during a heated interview exchange that has since gained ...

Akon has been working on building his own city complete with it's own cryptocurrency: Akoin. Meanwhile established metropolises such as Miami and New York City have also launched their own ...

R&B artist Akon was arrested in early November after police discovered his disabled Tesla Cybertruck on a busy street in Chamblee, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta. Chamblee police arrested Akon after a ...

Popular Senegalese-American singer Akon has finally responded to the divorce filing by his estranged partner, Tomeka Thiam. People magazine revealed in a Monday, November 17, publication that it has ...

A St. Louis-born hip-hop artist was arrested in Atlanta after police found his disabled Cybertruck, according to news reports. Senegalese-American musician Akon, legally known as Aliaune Thiam, was ...