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Alioune Thiam or popularly known as Akon is a Singalese-American hip-hop artist, R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of jazz percussionist, Mor Thiam. Akon grew up in Senegal and moved between Senegal and the U.S. until his family permanently settled in New Jersey, when he was fifteen. It was at this age Akon recorded his first song, "Operations of Nature".

He went to jail under the charges of drug distribution and armed robbery. While in prison, he worked on his music. Soon after he was released, Akon started writing and recording tracks in his home studio. The tapes were send to SRC/Universal which released Akon's debut record Trouble in June 29, 2004. It included the hit singles "Lonely" and "Locked Up" along with others such as "Pot Of Gold", "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" and "Ghetto". "Locked Up" inspired by his term in jail, found way to the top 10 in the U.S. and the top five in the UK. Where "Ghetto" became a radio hit after being remixed by Green Lantern.

In 2005, Akon released the single "Lonely". It was an instant hit climbing to the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Australia, Germany and the UK. Akon's "Lonely" was the longest running single on the top of The Box's (music channel) chart, calculated based on amount of video requests, reigning the charts for fifteen weeks.

In November 14 2006, Akon released his sophomore album titled Konvicted. The album involved collaboration of Snoop Dogg, Styles P and Eminem.

In late 2005, his long time friend and manager Robert Montanez, who Akon referred to as a brother, was killed; the album Konvicted is dedicated to him. Akon released the single "Smack That", which featured Eminem, in August 2006. In September 2006, the second single of Konvicted "I Wanna Love You" was released and it topped the U.S. charts for two consecutive weeks...

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