Akon

Lu Badara Aliaune Damala Bouga Time of Pu Naka Lu Lu , often by the shorter Aliaune Thiam (born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 14, 1981, in Dakar, Senegal), artMing Aken better understanding, is a Grammy Award-nominated Senegalese hip-hop and R & B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record the execution. He is the founder of Konvict Muzik, Kon Live Distribution. Other sources have his name, Alioune Badara Thiam.



career
Akon is the jazz percussionist son. Grew up in Senegal until he was seven, Senegal and the United States, until his time between 15 minutes and then his family permantently transferred to Jersey City, New Jersey, so he speaks English, French and Wolof . In Jersey City, he attended Snyder High School, [citation needed] where he discovered hip-hop music. His first song entitled "The nature of the action," he recorded 15 years of age. However, armed robbery and drug distribution charges that he was in jail, and the time in prison, his music. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording in his home studio track. The tapes found their way to Akon's debut album failed SRC / Universal, released in June 2004. The album is a hybrid of Akon's silky, West African-style vocals mixed with the east coast and southern times.
2004-2005: Problems
trouble

Akon's debut solo album, the trouble is released on June 29, 2004. It produced the single "Lock" and "lonely" and "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" pot of gold "and" minority residential areas. "Lock" reached the top 10 in the U.S. and the top five in the United Kingdom, and write Ruhouaken service time in prison Grand Theft Auto his manager Robert Montanez was shot to death in December 2005 month in a dispute in New Jersey. "ghetto" became a radio hit remix verses from legendary rappers 2Pac and the Notorious BIG 2005, he released the single "Lonely" (samples Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely"). songs reach the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 singles and his album climbed to April 2005 in the UK, in Australia, Britain and Germany topped the charts in the first in 2005 when the music channel box top ten weekly chart, its calculation of the amount of video requests, Akon's "Lonely" became the longest single in the above chart, covering more than 15 weeks., Akon gained more popularity on young Jeezy's debut album features, let's get it: thug motivation 101, in the song "soul survivor" to become a top five hit in the Billboard Hot 100 singles. Akon served a term of three years imprisonment Grand Theft Auto experience inspired his lock.
2006-2007: Konvicted
 Konvicted
Akon's second album, entitled Konvicted, was released on November 14. Konvicted including cooperation with Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Styles P.2006 end of August, Akon released the single "Smack That" featuring Eminem album. The single the Billboard Hot100 peaked, and remained there for five weeks. "Pop" music video directed by Raymond Garced. "I think I love you" to drop the second single Konvicted, was released in September 2006. This is a Akon and Snoop Dogg cooperation. This single earned his first number one single of the Billboard Hot100, Akon, and Snoop. "I want to love you" topped the U.S. charts for two consecutive weeks. In January 2007, Akon launched his third single, "does not matter" has reached 5 Billboard Hot100 chart. Konvicted debuted the Billboard 200 album chart ranked second, selling 285,000 copies in the first week. After six weeks, Konvicted sold more than one million in the United States and more than 1.3 million of the world record. , Konvicted remain after 14 weeks in the Billboard 200 album chart in the top twenty for three consecutive weeks, peaked, but does not include the debut. Currently, it has sold over 1.5 million records in the United States and around the world 2.2 million.
film
Akon is a full-length movie about his life. The title has been recognized as illegal immigrants, when the release date is unknown. As for other television companies, he is characterized in the Verizon Wireless commercial.
fashion

In February 2007, Akon clothing line, Konvict clothing, will start. It has the streets of the city, including jeans, hoodies, T-shirts and hats.
"Aliaune" is the upscale version, or high-end line, Konvict clothing, blazers, expensive jeans, as well as other items of clothing, which will service men and women.
personal life 
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, instead of Senegal because his family did not want to have to go through immigration problem so he and his brothers and sisters can get a better education. He has been in prison, a total of five years. At the end of 2005, his manager Robert Montanez was killed in a drive shooting, his album Konvicted dedicated. Akon is in the car, was shot in the shoulder, but he made ​​a full recovery. He is a Muslim, and quoted his religion, his polygamous life, he had three wives. He drives an orange Lamborghini Gallardo. He also has his own charity the underpriviliged African children is called United States of Africa [citation needed] Akon also owns a diamond mine in South Africa, and to deny the existence of conflict diamonds, pointed out in an interview with reporters, the British Independent, "I do not 'even believe in conflict diamonds ... this is just a movie. think about it, no one thought about what conflict diamonds "this is not a movie before. Although his previous career as a drug dealer, he said he never used drugs. He also pointed out that, despite his previous criminal record, he put his life around, singing "tired of every word.