Philanthropist, business mogul and five-time Grammy nominated artist Akon has initiated a partnership to bring electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. As one of the leading ...

As parts of Africa battle a grave Ebola crisis, rapper Akon performed in Democratic Republic of Congo — inside of a giant hamster ball. Twitter users have accused the hip hop star of donning the ...

Rapper Akon was not so bright when it came to paying his lighting contractors. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Southern Electric Company claims they never got paid for their work at his ...

Akon is a multi-platinum recording artist now, but before making a fortune with hits such as "Smack That" and "Locked Up," he was a child growing up without electricity in the West African nation of ...

With the recent news of a man in Dallas being diagnosed with the Ebola virus, paranoia about the dreaded disease is high throughout the United States. In the days since, a story has surfaced involving ...

In a recent performance in Democratic Republic of the Congo, rapper Akon surfed through the crowd in rather unique fashion — inside of a giant, clear bubble. The stunt, however, has some accusing the ...

When he performed this week in Congo, Akon stayed beyond the reach of fans. Some users of Twitter were prompted to theorize that he feared catching Ebola. A recent outbreak of the deadly virus in ...

Akon has revealed that he no longer works with Lady Gaga because she has already reached her peak. The ‘Poker Face’ star was originally signed to Akon’s Kon Live label, but he ended the deal “before ...

Music superstars, D’Banj and Akon have announced that they are working on a massive collaboration. They took to their Instagram pages to share pictures from the set of a new video they are both ...