Akon who is he

Drake shows Big Shaq ''a lot of love'' over social media and the 'Man's Not Hot' singer has admitted Akon has also approached him. Drake shows Big Shaq ''a lot of love''. The year-old rapper - whose full name is Michael Dapaah - has admitted the 'Hotline Bling' hitmaker is a huge supporter of him and often messages the artist over social media. Speaking to The Daily Star newspaper, the 'Balance' vocalist said: ''Drake has been following me for a while, he shows a lot of lobe and we speak via DM all the time.

Years ago, two brothers lived on the wrong side of the law. Now, James has turned his life around and is preparing to launch his own legitimate business. When Frankie is released from jail, he fall back in with the wrong crowd, and ends up homeless and desperate for money. With so much debt to his brother, James is forced to stray back into the criminal underworld to pull of the heist to end all heists, and hopefully get his brother onto the right track once this is all over.

Continue: American Heist Trailer. Nigerian filmmaker Jeta Amata clearly feels passionate about the problems in his country, but despite the presence of Hollywood stars the movie is made in a style that will feel amateurish to Western audiences. Obvious screenwriting is the main problem, ramping up melodrama when political intensity is needed.

Essentially, a more organic approach to storytelling, with attention to the characters instead of the themes, would have made this a much more powerful thriller. After studying in America, year-old Ebiere Mbong Amata returns home to her Niger Delta community just in time to witness a horrific oil-company accident in which most of her family perishes. As the most educated person in her village, she rises to a position of leadership among the rebels fighting for fairer treatment from petrol executive Tom Mickey Rourke and the corrupt military, which responds with relentless violence, betraying and brutalising the villagers.

And things take a further turn when she's charged with murder after a protest turns fatal. Writer-director Amata made this film three years ago, then reworked it to add the L. This works to an extent, as it stirs the hot topic of terrorism into the mix. But the big action set pieces are directed and edited in a choppy way that feels undercooked. The story of desperate political activism amid heavy-handed corruption is compelling, but it's watered down by some rather soapy interpersonal plot points.

Still, the film remains involving, a powerful tale of little guys standing up to forces much bigger than themselves simply in the name of what's right. Continue reading: Black November Review. Instagram's decision to purge its website of millions of fake accounts has left a number of celebrities a million or so short of 'friends'. Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian have been the worst hit, but which other celebrities have also been affected by the 'Instagram rapture'?

The photo sharing site Instagram has decided to remove millions of profiles which were believed to be posting spam. The website's action, dubbed the 'Instagram rapture', has left a number of legitimate users disgruntled at their seeming lack of online popularity and the purge has seriously affected celebrities such as Kim Kardashian , Justin Bieber and Akon. Kim Kardashian is now the second most followed Instagram user. Nelly St. The ever overlooked St. Louis, Missouri is our next stop for the Budweiser Made in America documentary series, and an appropriate point ahead of Jay Z's music festival.

Almost every major city in the United States has some sort of musical identity which is exactly that sort of thing that inspired Jay Z to create Budweiser Made in America festival.

It's all about looking at different genres from all over the country and uniting them in two major cities: Philadelphia and Los Angeles. However, there are plenty of musically rich cities out there that just barely get noticed - even in spite of some of the major stars that have come out of them. Continue reading: Singing St. Live in Los Angeles, CA. Rihanna hit stop four on her world tour, where the singer hits seven cities across the globe in seven different countries in, yeah you guessed it, seven days, when she hit up Paris last night.

The Parisians in attendance were in for quite a treat when RiRi hit the stage at Le Trianon, and those at the after party were in for an even bigger treat as the Barbadian beauty partied the night away with some famous faces and a few fans too. With P Diddy who she casually bumped into at the airport - as you do , Akon and Pharrell Williams in attendance, Rihanna outshone the party she threw on day 3 in Stockholm, the party where she gave out shots of tequila for her waiting fans, by quite some way.

The 'Diamonds' singer is practically running on empty, flying between countries with as much emphasis on partying as hard as can be as she has on actually performing. Still, when she stopped off at the shops of Paris before her performance she wasn't buying Pro-Plus, but instead she went shopping for some sexy lingerie! Rap singer Nelly suggested that Akon, Pharrell , and T-Pain had talked about forming a rap supergroup in The first single " Dangerous ", which featured Akon peaked at No.

It was not included in the track list for Freedom as Akon previously stated. During an interview with Tavis Smiley , Akon said that Jackson had planned on a high-profile release including a music video until the track had leaked.

This is Jackson's last known song before he died on June 25, Akon finished work on the song for Jackson's posthumous album, Michael and it was released as a single in November The song focused on human trafficking and featured both artists.

The song reached number 1 in more than six countries, and charted at 5 on the Billboard Hot A single, " Angel ", produced by Guetta, was released in September , which peaked at number 56 on the US Billboard charts, significantly lower than his previous outings.

Dre and Snoop Dogg on " Kush ", charting on number 36 on the Billboard charts. The single was first intended to from Dr. Dre's forthcoming album Detox ; however, it was removed from the final album track list, with the album eventually being unreleased. He also contributed " We Are the World: 25 for Haiti ", a charity single in aid of the Haiti earthquake. After an almost 3-year hiatus from solo work, Akon released the promotional single "Dirty Work", featuring Wiz Khalifa , which was released in February , peaked at number 31 on the Rhythmic Billboard charts.

Later that year, on November 11, , Akon released a standalone single titled " So Blue ". On January 1, , Akon released five singles from Stadium. In late , he released a collaborative mixtape with Konvict signees entitled Konvict Kartel Vol. Akon has announced his new record label Akonik Label Group and will release four studio albums in different genres.

The album was expected to be released on August 30, , but was pushed back to October 4, After that album, Akonda will be released on October 18, , which will serve as his fifth album and will contain Afrobeat music. The album's singles are "Low Key" and "Wakonda". The album's singles are "Benjamin" and "Can't Say No".

Akon also started a project Akon Lighting Africa in which provides electricity in 15 countries of Africa. He also launched his own charity for underprivileged children in Africa called Konfidence Foundation. Akon has confirmed that a reality television show is in the works. It will be called My Brother's Keeper , and the point is that Akon's two nearly identical brothers will go around in Atlanta posing as him fooling people into thinking that it is in fact Akon.

They will try to get VIP treatment, girls and free things. Akon has claimed that people have mistaken his brothers for him many times in Atlanta, which is what the show is based on. In , it was announced that Akon is planning to work on a full-length movie titled Illegal Alien , which will be based on his life. He collaborated with music director duo Vishal-Shekhar and the English and Hindi lyrics of " Chammak Challo " as a part of the soundtrack for the Bollywood film Ra.

Akon made his acting debut appearing alongside an ensemble cast in the Nigerian-American film Black November. Akon claims that he has six children with three women in an interview with Blender , [48] all of whom he has great relationships with.

He says he wishes to keep his family protected from the public eye. Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa and denies the existence of blood diamonds also known as "conflict diamonds" saying, "I don't believe in conflict diamonds. That's just a movie. Think about it. Nobody thought or cared about conflict diamonds until ' Blood Diamond ' was released. In October , Akon received some media coverage for his "serious consideration" in running for President of the United States in the U.

Akon has stated that he was part of an auto-theft ring and spent four years in prison from to However, in April , The Smoking Gun website challenged his claim with court records and interviews with detectives involved in Akon's case, concluding that he was not convicted of any crime and did not serve time in prison. In April , Akon drew criticism for an onstage act which included simulated sex with a year-old girl, at a club in Trinidad and Tobago , as part of a fake contest, despite the club's claim to have a 21 years and over age requirement.

On April 20, local media, channel TV6 , aired the video clip publicly. Amid criticism on the radio, television, and from the blogosphere , Verizon Wireless removed ringtones featuring Akon's songs.

Conservative commentator and Parents Television Council founder Brent Bozell called this "corporate irresponsibility". Akon asked the crowd to identify who threw the object and that he be brought on stage. Security staff grabbed the young man and took him up to the stage.

Akon then pulled him up from the crowd and hoisted him across his shoulders. The singer then tossed the attendee back into the crowd from his shoulders. Video of the incident was reviewed by Fishkill police. Williams, and Akon was arraigned on the two charges on December 3, in the town of Fishkill Court. In , Buddhist groups in Sri Lanka vehemently protested a planned concert by Akon, claiming his music video with Guetta for " Sexy Chick " insulted Buddhism because of the Buddha statue that can be seen several times in the background.

Considering the allegations against Akon, the Sri Lankan Government decided not to issue him a visa to enter into Sri Lanka. Template:Akon Template:Konvict Muzik. Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Not to be confused with Acon or A-Kon. His family returned to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa, when Akon was young and lived there until he was 7 years old, when they moved back to the United States.

Due to their influence, Akon heard and loved music from an early age. Instead, he turned his attention to the music business, making home recordings and becoming friends with Wyclef Jean of the Fugees. In , he received his own record deal. Akon's debut album, Trouble , was released in Several singles from the album became hits that topped the Billboard charts. Two of the singles featured guest appearances by famous hip-hop artists; Eminem was featured on the single "Smack That" and Snoop Dogg was featured on the single "I Wanna Love You.

Akon has also lent his vocals to records by musicians in a wide range of genres, including Whitney Houston , Gwen Stefani and Lionel Richie. Beyond his work in music, Akon is the owner of two clothing lines—Konvict and Aliaune—and various real estate investments. He also founded the Konfidence Foundation with the mission of empowering disadvantaged youth in Africa and the United States.