T-Pain rejected $900K Offer From Interscope Records to buy hit single "I'm Sprung" to sign with Akon in 2005.

In a recent interview, Akon shared that the $1 billion credit line he received from China to support Africa has been spent.

Akon reveals that him and the late King of Pop once talked about plans to open music-centered schools for children in Africa.

Akon faces legal trouble after the music executive responsible for his rise to fame claims that the singer has refused to pay him.

Akon announces the Akoin cryptocurrency card to advance his mission in Africa to improve the continent's financial health.

Rapper and business mogul Akon has been granted one square mile of land to begin construction on his second cryptocurrency-based African city in Ugaunda.

It’s official, “Akon City” is still on its way! R&B sensation, Akon announced that construction for his futuristic pan-African city will begin next year, AP News reports. The $6 billion project will still proceed despite global tourism’s uncertain future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by the hit film, “Black Panther,” Akon first set his sights on creating a utopian city back in 2018 and has described it as a “real-life Wakanda,” much like the technologically advanced fictional African place portrayed in the film. Akon hopes his city will serve as a “home back home” for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices. His aim is also to provide much-needed jobs for Senegalese. “The system back home treats them unfairly in so many different ways that you can never imagine. And they only go through it because they feel there is no other way,” Akon said, according to AP News. Born in the United States — to Senegalese parents — the “Lonely” singer spent the majority of his...

Akon introudces his own cryptocurrency with a mission to minimize the barriers to entry for entrepreneurs and small businesses in Africa.