Artist: Akon
Genre(s):
Dance
Other
R&B: Soul
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Sorry, Blame It On Me
Year: 2007
Tracks: 2
Mama Africa
Year: 2007
Tracks: 4
Konvicted
Year: 2006
Tracks: 19
A Star Is Born
Year: 2006
Tracks: 25
In Your Eyes
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Trouble
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Although he was natural in St. Louis, Aliaune Thiam -- aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal ahead he and his family (including his father, idle words percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was 7. There he discovered rap music for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his melodious ideas. Upon firing, Akon began penning and recording tracks in a menage studio. The tapes plant their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Difficulty, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The record album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and sleek, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song "Locked Up" embossed Akon's profile, and he followed up in the descend of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon sufficiency, two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smooch That," had made their way to the upper regions of the Billboard charts.
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