If you never considered making Akon your ringtone on your "so cool" flip-phone, go check yourself out. Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, or Akon (we'll stick with Akon), is a rapper and songwriter, and arguably the most influential artists in the 2000's. His debut album Trouble (2004) delievered singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", which charted in the Top 10. Akon then followed with Konvicted (2006), which the blew the minds of music listeners everywhere. Konvicted sold more than one million records in the U.S within six weeks. The album went platinum after seven weeks, and after sixteen weeks double platinum. Akon made the 2000's-10's that much better.
If you never considered making Akon your ringtone on your "so cool" flip-phone, go check yourself out. Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, or Akon (we'll stick with Akon), is a rapper and songwriter, and arguably the most influential artists in the 2000's. His debut album Trouble (2004) delievered singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", which charted in the Top 10. Akon then followed with Konvicted (2006), which the blew the minds of music listeners everywhere. Konvicted sold more than one million records in the U.S within six weeks. The album went platinum after seven weeks, and after sixteen weeks double platinum. Akon made the 2000's-10's that much better.
