It's a busy Monday night at Tufts, and students are filing into Brown and Brew to crack open the books. The study mood was set by a local pop/hip-hop radio station playing a club mix. Nobody was ...

Before he had a hit single, sang a hook on a grimy rap song or penned hits for some of music’s biggest stars, Akon was living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Except instead of being an ...

Born in St. Louis and raised for seven years in Senegal before settling in Jersey City, N.J., Akon is at home on top of the charts. Son of heralded percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon spent time in the pen, ...

Since emerging with the 2004 breakthrough hit "Locked Up," Senegalese-American singer Akon has rarely let listeners forget that he's been, well ... locked up. The son of respected jazz percussionist ...

The Game’s second album and the debut from rapper Akon took the top two slots on the nation’s album sales chart for the week ended Sunday. “Doctor’s Advocate” (Geffen) sold 358,000 copies while Akon’s ...

Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fueled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves — but his criminal past was always an underlying part of his success. His breakthrough album was ...

Recently, Lorne Michaels finally released the 1st season of Saturday Night Live completely unedited in a box set that's nothing short of a wet dream for people like myself. It's been strange ...

Akon, the five-time Grammy-nominated singer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s with his song “Locked Up,” was arrested ...