THE WORLD MUSIC - POPULAR ARTISTS - AKON .

THE WORLD MUSIC - POPULAR ARTISTS - AKON .

Akon was born in st louis , and spent musch of his childhood in the west african country senegal . ahich he describe as his " home town " the child of a dancer mother and a percussionist father , mor thilamakon learned to play five instruments , icluding drums guitar and djembe . at age 7 he moved with his familly union city . new jercy , growing up in up new jercy , akon had diffculties geting along with other childrens when he and his older brother reached high school . his paraents left them on their own in jercy city .. and moved the rest of the familly to atlanta . georgia ..

Akon has stated in interviews that his full name is allaune damala akon thiam & that as a muslim , he has never drunk alcohol or smoked although there is some ambiguty and debate about akon's legal name and birth akon is usually credited as allaune thiam in addition to longer from akon's ful name has been reported both as allaune badara thilam and alloune badara thiam and the former was used on an offical document issues against the rapper by the county of dutchess , new york ..

in regards to his birth date akon's is very protective of it , whiach is the reason many media outless have reported incorrect dates . however legal documents relesed by the smoking gun list akon's name as alluane damala thilam and his date of birth april 16th 1973....

AKON'S RELESED ALBUMS 

trouble -2004
konvined - 2006freedom - 2008

stadium  - T.B.A
black november - 2012
american heist  - 2014