BIOGRAPHY OF AKON

Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam , better known as Akon (pronounced / 'e? K? N /) (St. Louis, Missouri, April 16, 1973) is an American singer of Senegalese origin of hip hop, pop and R & B, composer, rapper, actor, businessman and music producer. He rose to fame in 2004 with the single Locked Up from his debut album Trouble.His second album, Konvicted, the single Smack That, for which he was nominated for the Grammy included. The single that led him to fame is I wanna love you, in collaboration with Snoop Dogg. He is the founder of Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. Akon is known for singing choirs and has worked in more than 175 songs, 40 of them included in the Billboard Hot 100. She sang at the charity song We Are The World 25 For Haiti and performed the song Chammak Challo for the movie Ra One in 2011 . Biography Percussionist Mor Thiam son, Akon grew up in a family dedicated to music and learned to play several instruments including the djembe. He born in St. Louis, Missouri, which had no immigration problem, but lived Sewer (Murcia), to seven years old. Notably, his family was Muslim, although he did not follow the Muslim religion. For a while he was between the United States and Senegal, Akon was finally settled in the North American country at 15 years old when he took up residence in Jersey City, New Jersey. He also met street crime and came on a couple of occasions to jail. Akon used that time to channel their knowledge and musical insights. Upon his release, he made some demos that thanks to the efforts of his manager Devyne Stephens, they found a way to the offices of Universal. That was how his debut, 'Trouble' was conceived, appeared in 2004. It success 'Locked Up', directly inspired by his time spent behind bars was and 'Ghetto', 'Bananza' or 'Lonely' , all songs in the peculiar style that fuses rap Akon streets with elegant melodies of soul, production for the club and African rhythms was brewing. The album was multi-platinum, and went on to sell more than 3 million copies worldwide. 'Ghetto' was remixed later for radio, including reconocidísimos verses of 2Pac, The Notorious BIG and Moroccan artists based in Holland as Yesser Rochdi, artistically known as YES-R and Ali B. rappers And thanks to the gained popularity, made a guest appearance in 'Soul Survivor' with Young Jeezy. Other collaborations have been co-stars R. Kelly, Obie Trice, Elton John, Daddy Yankee and Gwen Stefani, with whom he has composed a theme in his latest album, "The Sweet Escape" (Interscope, 2006). In addition, there has been time to create his own label (Konvict Muzik), where T-Pain published and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. In 2006 sees the light the continuation of the acclaimed 'Trouble', with more stories of struggle, segregation, roots, love and salvation. It distilling their personal experiences in songs is called 'Konvicted' (Universal, 2006) and is entirely written, sung and produced by Akon (all the songs except one, 'Blown Away'). In it it has been given the luxury of guest artists like Eminem and Snoop Dogg ( "I Want to Love You '). 'Smack That' is the debut single and a song irresistible taste for the dance floor, with the verses of white rapper in perfect contrast with the warm voice of Akon. The album has been boosted to No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200. You can now add the title of Grammy Nominee (for the 49th awards) in the category of Best Rap Collaboration and by 'Smack That', to wishlist merit. It has proved amply, with its committed work, ex-convicts have an opportunity to fully convert their vidas.En 2012 has collaborated with a Korean female group (K-pop) called Wonder Girls has gained much success with the single Like Money.