Arts Akon should be 'Konvicted' of ruining hip-hop It's a busy Monday night at Tufts, and students are filing into Brown and Brew to crack open the books. The study mood was set by a local pop/hip-hop ...

Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain ...

VIBE spoke with Akon about his new EP, the status of his forthcoming Akonic album, helping lead the charge for the Afrobeat explosion, introducing the next generation of Konvict Muzik and more.

Akon’s wife is suing Publix after alleging a male worker sexually assaulted her during a 2022 visit. Legal action is now underway.

Akon’s Konvict Kulture label has unveiled rising Afrobeat and Afropop sensation Amirror. Amirror is set to captivate music lovers with her newly released EP, ‘Reflxns.’ Amirror’s new EP ...

T-Pain turned down several six-figure deals and signed for an advance of $20,000 to sign with Akon's Konvict Muzik.

Do you feel your cover was blown? AKON: That was inflation, complements of the Internet. No, I am a real convicted felon. I’ve been locked up once and I’ve been released.

One Of Akon’s 9 Wives Sues Publix Super Markets After A Staffer Allegedly Sexually ‘Violated’ Her Akon's wife is suing Publix over a male staffer who sexually "violated" her at self checkout.

Akon and his wife, Tomeka ‘Amirror’ Thiam, have been going strong for several years and shared their ‘super simple’ secrets exclusively with Us Weekly ...

Music producer Nektunez has followed up his win at the Headies 2022 with a new label deal. The international music producer has just signed on to Akon’s Konvict Kulture and both parties can’t ...

Akon mentioned that he signed Wizkid to his record label, Konvict Muzik, in 2008 and went on to work with other notable Nigerian artists.

Such an act would not be surprising coming from this “Konvict,” who, in the last five years, has been convicted of armed robbery, drug charges and grand theft auto (not the game, the real deal).