Akon

Akon Profile

Famous As

R&B singer

Birth Name

Aliaune Damala Dakha Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam

Birth Date

April 30, 1973

Birth Place

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Famous As

R&B singer

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Personal Fact

Birth Name

Aliaune Damala Dakha Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam

Birth Date

April 30, 1973

Birth Place

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Height

5' 11"

Nationality

American

Education

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Father

Mother

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Son

✦ Signed a publishing deal with rapper-turned-publisher C-Murder's TRU Publishing company in March 2008 to release a book based on his life to be titled "Thug Politics", due in stores April or May the same year.
✦ Wrote and recorded an apology song, "Sorry, Blame Me", which is meant to apologize for his bad concert behavior, including his "lewd dancing" with underage girl (June 2007).
✦ The African radio stations once played his whole album everyday.
✦ Used to send his music to Africa where the radio stations would play it.
✦ He was accepted by the gangster crowd and became the most popular kid in Jersey City.