According to an investigation by website The Smoking Gun, R&B crooner Akon has exaggerated the criminal past that inspired singles like "Locked Up" and the album Konvicted. Among the singer's claims ...

The DVD sports a documentary in which Akon visits his native Senegal, as well as videos for the album tracks “Smack That,” “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter.” Since its release last November, ...

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 ...

On the same day that the probably soon-to-be convicted stormed the Manila Peninsula, I had my own brush with the musically talented Konvicted One, Akon. In town for a concert at the Big Dome that ...