Akon

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Aliaune Thiam -- aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in New Jersey. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

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Hip-Hop , East Coast Rap , Pop-Rap

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Star Is Born
released: 2006 on
reviews: 1

recent albums	date	score	reviews
Trio	2005	6.38	4
Trouble	2004	7.68	6

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prasanthking

he is realy cool and his music realy mind blowing

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posted Jan 29, 2008

little-g08

He has good beatz
very talented

posted Jan 17, 2008

read this! ! | -

posted Nov 13, 2007

Show Man...

posted Oct 22, 2007

anumit2 people agree

Hip-hop King this guy is. And he means business... No wonder his album Konvicted is a monster. And he's hit with his latest single off his deluxe edition as well called...

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posted Oct 4, 2007