LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three years ago he debuted on the charts with the single "Locked Up." This year, Akon locks up Billboard's top pop artist honor. Sign up ...

has been getting more and more attention, with even the NYTimes writing up the company's decision to pull its sponsorship of Gwen Stefani's tour because of Akon's performance at a club in Trinidad, ...

ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) - Akon, the five-time Grammy-nominated singer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s with his song “Locked Up,” was arrested last week near Atlanta in the ...

Akon, under fire for doing a sexually explicit dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl, has offered an apology to the teen and anyone else who was offended. Akon, whose hits include “Don’t Matter,” “I ...

NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) - Verizon Wireless' decision to drop its sponsorship of the Gwen Stefani Sweet Escape tour because of the actions of supporting act Akon probably would not have happened ...

It will be New Jersey's biggest hip-hop concert this summer. It will also be one of the year's biggest hip-hop concerts anywhere. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning for Summer Jam 2007, featuring ...