It's a busy Monday night at Tufts, and students are filing into Brown and Brew to crack open the books. The study mood was set by a local pop/hip-hop radio station playing a club mix. Nobody was ...

Before he had a hit single, sang a hook on a grimy rap song or penned hits for some of music’s biggest stars, Akon was living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Except instead of being an ...

Born in St. Louis and raised for seven years in Senegal before settling in Jersey City, N.J., Akon is at home on top of the charts. Son of heralded percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon spent time in the pen, ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For about five ...

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Speaking at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, rapper Akon said singer Whitney Houston's new album may offer an insight into her troubled life. The rapper, who is ...