Akon

Wiz Khalifa is apparently being sought by the Los Angeles Police Department. A woman filed a report claiming he hit her car after his recent video shoot, and fled the scene.
In this radio interview, Tamar Braxton discusses her new reality TV show...

For a man with an impending jail sentence looming over his head, Beanie Sigel, 38, is in a halcyon state. A smile is plastered on his face while describing some of the tracks featured on his sixth studio album, This Time, out Aug. 28. While his eyes are covered by a set of black sunglasses, he can&a…

Akon unleashes his inner animal with his latest mixtape Konkrete Jungle. The "Locked Up" crooner teams with DJ Whoo Kid and Evil Empire on the effort, which offers 13 new tracks.
Like traditional mixtapes, Konkrete Jungle offers Akon's take on popular songs like Future's "Same Damn Tim…

In 2008, things were moving quickly for Rye Rye. Her debut track, "Shake It to the Ground" -- released with DJ Blaqstarr at the end of '07, when she was only 17 -- had caught the attention of Diplo and later electro-pop artist M.I.A., who recruited the Baltimore teen as a hype-woman for tw…

"Rocky" goes 'hood in Akon's new video for "Hurt Somebody," the French Montana-assisted single from the Konvict Music boss' forthcoming Stadium album.
The gritty clip opens with Akon and French -- a former Konvict signee who left the label and subseq…

Ray Lavender is fairly confident that he can make lightening strike twice. The R&B crooner had success in a few radio smashes back in 2007, including the players' anthem, "My Girl Gotta Girlfriend." However, even with notable spins his debut album was shelved.
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If by chance you suddenly get violently ill while listening to a David Guetta production then it may be best to avoid the radio all together. Actually you should also trash your flat screen TV, take a self-imposed hiatus from all dance clubs and sequester yourself from all pop culture obsessed Inter…

When singer-songwriter Verse Simmonds wrote the lyrics to Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Who Gon Stop Me,' he had every intention of making those words ring true. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the Virgin Island, as a youngster, Simmonds always wanted to pursue a career in music...

Akon and Michael Bolton performed with Lonely Island -- Andy Samberg's 'SNL' comedy troupe -- at the Jane Lynch-hosted 63rd Annual Emmy Awards last night (Sept. 18), adding some over-the-top comic relief to the evening.
Decked out in white dinner jackets, the Lonely Island trio, comprised of Samberg,…

After dropping a new song last week, 'I Love College' rapper Asher Roth returns with a preview of his dark, new video for his Akon-featured single, 'Last Man Standing.'
The video was directed by Luke Tedaldie, who previously helmed Roth's 'Gotta Get Up' clip, and depicts the bruised and battered Penn…