Akon: Last News

King Krule sang a couple of bars of Akon‘s 2006 hit ‘Don’t Matter’ at Glastonbury while performing on The Park Stage tonight.The London artist, real name Archy Marshall, teased a cover before beginning an intense, jazzy rendition of ‘Pink Shell’, from his 2023 album ‘Space Heavy‘.Towards the end of his set, the London musician brought his five-year-old daughter Marina on stage. She wore a Princess Aurora dress and stood behind Marshall as he performed ‘Seaforth’, a track he dedicated to her, introducing it by saying: “This next song I wrote for my daughter”Marshall also used his performance to publicly share his support to the Free Palestine movement.

Akon‘s ‘Right Now (Na Na Na)’ has become the latest song to surpass one billion views on YouTube.The Sengalese-American singer-songwriter has accrued his fourth single to achieve the milestone on the streaming platform, following 2004’s ‘Lonely’, 2006’s Eminem-featuring ‘Smack That’, and 2011’s ‘Play Hard’, the latter a collaboration with David Guetta and Ne-Yo.‘Right Now (Na Na Na)’, taken from his third studio album ‘Freedom’, was first released in 2008. Currently, Akon’s 2007 single ‘Don’t Matter’ stands at over 700million views, making it the next possible Akon song to hit one billion.In recent years, other songs that have hit one billion views on YouTube include Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Californication’, Dr.

Akon has confessed to lying about being an “African prince” when he was younger in a recent podcast appearance.The pop-rap star – real name Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam – was born to Senegalese parents in St. Louis, Missouri before relocating to New Jersey. However, due to his family spending a lot of his childhood in Senegal, he thinks of the country as home.Whilst talking to N.O.R.E and DJ EFN on Drink Champs, he revealed that he would lie about being an “African prince” while living in New Jersey because “he wanted to feel accepted.”“I used the excuse that I was a survivor because it made me feel better about it,” he said.

Fact #1“Just Dance” has been certified 11-times platinum by the RIAA – or diamond and then some. It is tied with “Bad Romance” as her most-certified single.Fact #2Gaga states she wrote “Just Dance” in only about 10 minutes.Fact #3“Just Dance” became Gaga’s first No.

Lil Yachty and Soulja Boy are among a group of famous faces who have been charged with illegally advertising cryptocurrency by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Wednesday, the SEC filed the charges against the group of eight celebrities, which also includes musicians Ne-Yo and Akon, as well as Jake Paul, Lindsay Lohan, Austin Mahone, and Kendra Lust, with “illegally touting" crypto asset securities Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) "without disclosing that they were compensated for doing so and the amount of their compensation.” Despite not admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, each of the names mentioned by the SEC, except for Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone, has agreed to pay a total of over $400,000 in disgorgement, interest, and penalties to settle the charges.

Lil Yachty and Soulja Boy are among celebrities facing charges after being accused of promoting crypto assets, without disclosing that they were paid to do so.The action was taken following an ongoing investigation into crypto company owner, Justin Sun – launched by the Securities And Exchange Commission. Here, eight celebrities were found to be illegally boosting crypto assets, without disclosing payment.“While we’re neutral about the technologies at issue, we’re anything but neutral when it comes to investor protection,” said director of the SEC’s Division Of Enforcement, Gurbir S.

50 Cent has announced that Akon, Fat Joe, and Trina will perform at his ‘Green Light Gang’ entertainment experience in Malta.Heartless Crew, Jeremih, DJ Premier, Remy Ma, and So Solid Crew are also among those slated to perform alongside the G-Unit head honcho, who will headline the event, which takes place September 22 – 26.Teaming up with travel, music, and technology company Pollen, 50 has curated a series of events on the Mediterranean island. The four-day, four-night festival will include after-dark parties, cruises, and an outdoor cinema for screenings of the rapper’s hit STARZ TV series Power.“Turning up the heat, bringing OGs to #GreenLightGangMalta,” the rapper shared in a tweet which included the list of performers and a video announcement.“What’s up Malta it’s your boy 50 cent,” he said in the video.

Abou “Bu” Thiam has been hired as the company’s executive vice president.Thiam has been a power player in the music industry for quite some time. His brother – the award-winning singer, songwriter, and record producer Akon – brought him on as an A&R during negotiations for his first record deal.

Akon has announced that he’s planning on building another city in Africa while his first is still in progress.For the past few years the singer has been busy building a city in his native country of Senegal, for which he secured $6billion (£4.3bn) funding.Speaking in a press conference on Monday (April 5), Akon revealed that a new futuristic city will be coming to Uganda in the coming years.

There’s clearly no limit to Akon’s ambition as the rapper has announced his plans to build another African city in Uganda before even completing the first one. The Locked Up hitmaker has been busy working on his first city in Senegal, for which he secured $6billion (£4.3bn) funding. Apparently, Akon has bigger plans and revealed a new futuristic city will also be coming to Uganda in the years ahead. He’s already received the backing of the Ugandan government, who announced on Monday that Akon has been allotted one square mile of land to build Akon City part two. According to Uganda’s NBS TV, the city will operate on AKoin currency, a stellar-based cryptocurrency which will also be used in Senegal’s Akon City. Questions have arisen over

Tekashi’s house arrest finished last month and it is the first time he has made a visit back to the West Coast since his arrest. The Gooba star – real name Daniel Hernandez – had been jailed for two years in December on charges relating to attempted murder, conspiracy to distribute heroin, and firearms-offences.He was released early from prison in April due to the coronavirus pandemic and him having asthma, which meant he was considered ‘high risk’ if he were to catch the virus.He served the rest of his sentence under house arrest until July 31, with TMZ reporting that he will be given a checking-in schedule for the next five years of supervised release. The site also reported that Tekashi would rather hire security than go into the witness

Tekashi 6ix9ine is back with a new remix and looks like he's all set to make the fans groove to another foot-tapping number. The rapper took to his Instagram handle a day ago and revealed that he is teaming up with Akon for the remix second part version of Locked Up and oh boy! we can't keep calm, can you? The original 2004 hit made way to the Top 10 on Billboard’s hot 100 chart and the new remix is a rehash of the same classic hit with Tekashi rapping his life story in between the verses.The rapper took to his social media handle a few hours ago and teased the fans with a glimpse of his and Akon's new collaboration.