Akon puts up a fight in the gritty video for “Hurt Somebody,” the street single off his oft-delayed album Stadium, due September 11. To vent his frustrations, a buff Akon enters a boxing match and leaves victorious. He explained the message he was trying to convey during an interview on “106 & Park.” “It’s really [...]

Clinton Sparks and Akon pose quite the ultimatum on “Unless We F#*?in,” a track catering to the club crowd. The anthem, driven by a pounding beat and slithering synthesizers, sees the Konvict singer trading lines with the international DJ about getting it in. “OK girl/ I gotta question/ It’s OK girl/ Me ask you a [...]

Sean Kingston shows his romantic side on the Akon-assisted “You Girl,” where he pledges his allegiance to his girl no matter what they go through. Set to a mid-tempo beat accented by bleeping synthesizers, the cut from Kingston’s King of Kingz mixtape (Feb. 3) serves as an ode to getting boo’d up. “My shawty gon’ [...]

Akon, pictured above with his mother, spread some holiday cheer by giving away toys at his Konfidence Foundation’s 3rd Annual Toy Giveaway at Cascade Family Skating Rink in Atlanta yesterday. His “I Just Had Sex” video with comedy group The Lonely Island has racked up nearly 8 million views in just two days, while his [...]

From the comedians that brought you the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Dick in a Box” and “I’m on a Boat” featuring T-Pain comes another raunchy viral sensation. “SNL’s” Andy Samberg enlists Akon for hook duties on “I Just Had Sex,” the in-your-face single from The Lonely Island’s 2011 sophomore album. “I just had sex and it felt [...]

Dre Day is finally upon us. Over a decade in the making, the hip-hop icon delivers the first visuals from his long-awaited album Detox. The West Coast veteran links up with Snoop Dogg and Akon in the Joseph Kahn-directed clip for his smokers’ anthem “Kush.” “It’s a fun song, it’s hot, and people seem to [...]

It’s “Weird Science” status in the video for Flo Rida’s “Who Dat Girl” featuring Akon, the latest single off his new album Only One Flo (Part 1). Checking out a hottie in cyberspace, Flo’s online gal comes to life after a friend spills some bubbly on the laptop, giving way to a fluorescent house party [...]

The stars align in the video for “Who Dat Girl,” the Akon-assisted single from Flo Rida’s new album Only One Flo (Part 1). Directed by Ray Kay (Willow Smith, Lady Gaga), the glowing clip features a neon graffitied backdrop, and premieres Thursday on MTV. The rapper will ring in the new year by performing on [...]

Akon touched down on the runway at New York City’s Lexington Avenue Armory to perform his single “Angel” amongst scantily-clad Victoria’s Secret Angels and supermodels at “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.” The pre-taped program, also starring Katy Perry, airs in its entirety Tuesday at 10 p.m. on CBS. You can catch Akon’s performance below, but [...]

Flo Rida goes electro on his Akon-assisted single “Who Dat Girl” off his third album Only One Flo (Part 1). The Dr. Luke-produced banger, which previously featured songwriter Claude Kelly on a demo, boasts 8-bit synthesizers and a club-ready beat, with Flo sing-rapping about trying to bag a girl who’s got the goods to make [...]