Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akon‘s “Lonely” music video is the latest addition to YouTube’s Billion Views Club. It’s his third to reach the milestone on the ...

Akon certainly has been busy, having been on tour recently with Konvict Kultures’ First Lady Amirror. Few artists seem to have an enduring longevity of continued success but for Akon he’s an important ...

In the 2000s, Akon was a superstar in Nigeria, with his music one of the primary Western content interacted with by Nigerian listeners, many of whom still greatly favoured foreign content. With his ...

There’s nothing like two early aughts legends linking up for a hit. On Thursday, Don Omar premiered “Good Girl,” a dancefloor-ready, merengue-meets-reggae track featuring Akon. The song opens with ...

Rascal Flatts’ frontman is going a little bit country, and a little bit pop and a little bit Latin. Our frontman, Deco’s Alex Miranda, is live in Fort Lauderdale with a behind-the-scenes look at Gary ...

Listen and subscribe to Power Players with Brian Sozzi on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Akon’s career has been a shining example of ...

“Hold My Hand,” the first single off Michael Jackson's posthumous release, Michael (set to drop Dec. 17), is exactly what you would expect from a posthumous video by the King of Pop that has Akon in ...