Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam better known as Akon is an American-born Senegalese singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of “Locked Up” featuring Styles P, the first single from his debut album Trouble.
The Konvict Muzik boss says his goal right now is to build the African music scene. The 44-year old award winning singer made it known in a recent chat. According to him:” My goal now is to build the African music scene that is what I have been able to do in the last five six years. We are making headway now because everyone in the US is branching into Afro-pop”
Akon who is also working on a movie centred around the African continent says: “Africa is often being defined by ways people don’t understand because they never took their time to come here. So we want to brand Africa in a different way showing the bright side of Africa. We have visited a lot of countries but we shot only in Nigeria and Senegal”.
When asked what triggered his decision to shoot a movie, he says:”God didn’t bless you to hold on to it. He always blesses those he knows will continue to bless others with the blessings he has blessed them with”.