Twenty years after the release of his seminal debut, Trouble, Akon isn’t just celebrating the past—he’s rewriting the present. On a crisp afternoon, the man behind hits like “Locked Up” and “Lonely” ...
Akon returns with “Akon’s Beautiful Day,” a song the five-time Grammy nominee is hoping will serve as “the anthem the world needs right now.” The new track boasts an interpolation of the ...
Akon, the Grammy-nominated music megastar, is back after a five-year hiatus with his new single, “Akon’s Beautiful Day,” released on October 4. This uplifting anthem, featuring a viral hook from young ...
The new track boasts an interpolation of the “Beautiful Day” hook previously met with virality thanks to a 2017 video of a young student, then 10, singing the track. Akon collaborated with JKash, JR ...
45 Billboard Hot 100 hits, four Diamond records and more than 300 collaborations with legends like Michael Jackson, David Guetta, Gwen Stefani, Lil Wayne and Eminem, Akon’s influence is ...
Akon says he doesn’t have "any thoughts" on the specifics of Diddy’s case and his legal team’s defense strategy. He does, however, believe that a larger "spiritual shift" is afoot in the ...