LAS VEGAS -- Sporting a sharp, shiny suit, R&B star Akon took the stage during Billboard's digital music sessions at the Consumer Electronics show on Wednesday to share some tricks of the trade for ...

Pulling in an estimated $20 million in pretax earnings, up from $12 million from a year ago, Akon dodged the recession by collaborating with artists from Lady Gaga to Lionel Richie--and by performing ...

Ten minutes before the start of a benefit concert at Harlem's Apollo Theater, and rapper-singer-songwriter Akon is brawling with his deejay over how to hook a stodgy crowd of Manhattan philanthropists ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Scores of teenagers and older Jam fans flocked to the WZYP Stage to see Akon, one of R&B's hottest acts. The American-Senegalese singer /rapper played an amazing set. Akon sang the ...