Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. He was eventually jailed but he used the time - three years, he claimed - to work on his musical ideas. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. ![]() Louis, MO, Aliaune Thiam - aka Akon - grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven.
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