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Trivia
Birth name: Aliaune Thiam
Date of birth: 28 December 1979
Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal
Nickname: Akon
Height: 5' 11¼" (1.81 m)
 Born and grew up in Senegal, and from the age of seven, New Jersey.
In
New Jersey, he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime.
He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical
ideas.
Akon
was jailed for three years for armed robbery.
He is the son of jazz percussionist Mor
Thiam, whose expertise for playing the Djembe, a traditional African drum.
Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004.
The album "Trouble" was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats.
Akon's 'Bananza' Inspired By A Post-Jail Trip To The Strip Club, also gearing up for role in flick called 'Trouble.'
T-Pain's Akon-Approved 'Hard R&B' Calms His Fear Of Sounding
Soft, Pain said about Akon. "Even when he knows I know what I'm doing, he still coaches me."
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