Akon is thinking about running for president in 2020. “I’ve been thinking about running for 2020 very seriously,” he recently told Newsweek. “But I didn’t want to just do it because I feel like I want ...

Akon is shutting down rumors that his dream project, “Akon City,” has been scrapped. The ambitious city, first unveiled in 2018, was pitched as a cutting-edge, crypto-powered hub designed to transform ...

According to PageSix’s panel report, Akon said blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could be “the savior for Africa in many ways” because of its high security factor. He said the app-based system ...

Akon and DJ Holiday‘s new secret weapon, Al Coe, from Bronx, N.Y., has the streets asking about him, and now it’s time to get familiar. His recent project, COE STYLES, the mixtape, is available now ...

Cryptocurrency is a thing. A big thing. It’s not a thing we all understand, but it’s a thing. And now Akon, the Senegalese-American singer of such hits as “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter,” is ...

Rap star Akon. FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images. According to The Daily Beast, Akon is also promoting the interests of the donor class. When the centrist fundraising juggernaut No Labels launched in 2010, ...

Rapper Akon is the latest celebrity to get caught up in a scandal with Instagram model Celina Powell—and she’s got receipts. Previously know for claiming sexual relationships with rappers Offset, Waka ...

Akon has joined the long list of musicians to launch their own cryptocurrency. He revealed plans for the prefectly titled "Akoin" during a recent appearance at Cannes Lions 2018 saying his digital ...

Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Since 2016, his work at EW includes RuPaul's Drag Race video interviews, Oscars predictions, and more. Before the invasion of disco sticks and ...