Akon

Akon

Birthday: 16 April 1973, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Birth Name: Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam

Height: 180 cm

Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in the USA, in the state of New Jersey. There he discovered hip-hop and R&B music as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began wr... Show more »

Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in the USA, in the state of New Jersey. There he discovered hip-hop and R&B music 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 hip-hop-influenced sung lyrics and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. Show less «

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Akon's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (83)

Later With Jools Holland - Season 65

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Saturday Night Live - Season 26

Later With Jools Holland - Season 64

WWE Raw - Season 32

American Idol - Season 22

Later With Jools Holland - Season 63

Later With Jools Holland - Season 62

WWE Raw - Season 31

American Idol - Season 21

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey

American Idol - Season 20

WWE Raw - Season 30

American Idol - Season 19

American Idol - Season 18

The American King

Square One: Michael Jackson

Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood - Season 6

American Idol - Season 17

Saturday Night Live - Season 44

Hit The Floor - Season 4

Tanked - Season 14

Tanked - Season 15

Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood - Season 5

American Idol - Season 16

Saturday Night Live - Season 43

Tanked - Season 12

Tanked - Season 13

Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood - Season 4

Saturday Night Live - Season 42

Hit the Floor - Season 3

Tanked - Season 10

Tanked - Season 11

Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood - Season 3

American Idol - Season 15

Saturday Night Live - Season 41

Tanked - Season 9

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