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 video streaming platform. The visual for the 2005 song kicks off with ...

“Lonely” and “Locked Up” singer Akon has been arrested, Us Weekly can confirm. The 52-year-old musician (real name Aliaune Thiam) was arrested on November 6, in Alpharetta, Georgia, according to jail ...

Akon and Michael Bolton performed with Lonely Island-- Andy Samberg's 'SNL' comedy troupe -- at the Jane Lynch-hosted 63rd Annual Emmy Awards last night (Sept. 18), adding some over-the-top comic ...

*Akon’s long marriage to Tomeka Thiam is coming to an end, with court filings highlighting a complicated family dynamic shaped by his polygamous lifestyle and nine children. Tomeka Thiam filed for ...

I doubt that anybody expected to hear Bobby Vinton, the ’60s crooner who sang “Blue Velvet,” on top 40 radio this summer, but there he was, courtesy of the Senegalese-born R&B and hip-hop singer Akon, ...