Akon yog Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, thiab businessman. Nws cov hmoov zoo yog kwv yees li ntawm $ 80 lab.
Aliaune Thiam thaum ntxov xyoo
Akon (lub npe tiag tiag - Aliaune Thiam) yug hauv St. Louis (Missouri) Lub Plaub Hlis 16, 1973 hauv tsev neeg African. Nws txiv, Mor Thaim, yog ib tug kws ntaus nkauj jazz. Niam, Kine Thaim, yog ib tug dancer thiab hu nkauj. Ua tsaug rau nws cov noob caj noob ces, tus kws kos duab ua si xws li guitar, percussion thiab djembe txij thaum yau.
Cov niam txiv tau tsiv mus rau lawv lub nroog Dakar (Senegal, West Africa) tom qab Akon yug thiab nyob ntawd tau 7 xyoo. Cov khub niam txiv tau rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas nrog lawv tsev neeg thiab nyob hauv New Jersey.
Thaum nws los ua ib tug tub hluas, nws nkag mus rau high school. Nws niam nws txiv tso nws nrog nws tus tij laug nyob hauv lub nroog Jersey. Thiab lawv tau tsiv mus rau Atlanta (Georgia) nrog rau tag nrho tsev neeg.
Akon yog ib tug tub hluas siab phem uas ua txhua yam tawm tsam tsev kawm ntawv txoj cai. Nws tsis tau nrog lwm cov menyuam yaus thiab tau mus rau hauv lub tuam txhab phem.
Tab sis ua tsaug rau lub suab paj nruag ntawm tsev neeg Akon, nws tsim kev hlub ntawm suab paj nruag los ntawm nws thaum yau. Txawm tias muaj teeb meem hauv nws cov hluas, ua tsaug rau nws txoj kev hlub rau suab paj nruag, nws tau los ua txoj hauv kev tseeb. Nws pib hu nkauj thiab ua yeeb yam thaum nws tseem hluas.
Tom qab ntawd nws tau mus kawm Clark University hauv Atlanta, Georgia. Nws tawm tam sim ntawd tom qab thawj lub semester. Tom qab tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv, nws hloov mus rau kev lag luam suab paj nruag. Nws pib ua cov ntawv kaw hauv tsev thiab lub sijhawm no tau los ua phooj ywg nrog Wyclef Jahn (Fugees). Xyoo 2003, Akon tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus.
Akon's musical career
Tus rapper lub suab paj nruag ua haujlwm pib hauv 2000s. Nws tsom mus sau nws tus kheej lyrics thiab demo kaw. Nws tau ntsib nrog Upfront Megatainment Thawj Tswj Hwm Devina Steven. Tom qab ntawd lawv pib koom tes, nws cov suab paj nruag tau nrov heev.
Stephen kuj yog lub luag haujlwm rau cov haujlwm thaum ntxov ntawm cov kws ntaus nkauj xws li Usher. Ib qho ntawm nws cov nkauj kaw nrog Steven ua rau SRC / Universal Records. Nws tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog daim ntawv lo rau xyoo 2003. Nyob rau hauv 2004, tus artist tso nws debut album Trouble.
Lub album tau coj mus rau ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam zoo xws li Xauv, Kho Siab thiab Tus Neeg Ua Yeeb Yam. Nws tau nce siab ntawm tus lej 1 ntawm UK Albums Chart, muag 24 daim ntawv luam hauv thawj lub lim tiam ntawm kev tso tawm. Cov album tom qab tau ntawv pov thawj platinum hauv Asmeskas nrog ntau dua 1,6 lab muag.
Akon ob thiab thib peb album
Qhov thib ob album Konvicted (2006) tau los ua tus ntaus. Tso tawm nyob rau hauv daim ntawv lo KonLive Distribution (tsim nyob rau hauv Universal Music Group), lub album debuted ntawm tus naj npawb 2 ntawm Billboard 200 thiab muag ntau tshaj 286 luam hauv thawj lub lim tiam.
Ze li ib xyoos tom qab qhov kev tso tawm thawj zaug, RIAA tso tawm album. Nws tau muag ntau dua 3 lab luam hauv Asmeskas ib leeg.
Single Smack That (feat. Eminem) debuted ntawm tus naj npawb 2 ntawm qhov Kub 100. Kuv Xav Hlub Koj (feat. Snoop Dogg) peaked ntawm tus naj npawb 1 ntawm Hot 100. Nws thib peb ib leeg, Tsis Txhob Tu, peaked ntawm tus naj npawb ib ntawm Kub 100, dhau los ua nws thib ob sib law liag-ib leeg.
Qhov thib peb studio album Kev ywj pheej tau tso tawm rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2, 2008. Nws tau nthuav tawm ntawm tus lej 7 ntawm Billboard 200 nrog 110 daim ntawv muag hauv thawj lub lim tiam. Tom qab ntawd nws muag 600 lab luam tawm hauv Asmeskas, tau txais txiaj ntsig platinum. Kev ywj pheej daim ntawv lo tso tawm tus neeg hu nkauj: Tam sim no (Na Na Na) thiab Zoo Nkauj (nrog Colby O'Donis thiab Kardinal Offishall).
Akon cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov neeg laus thaum ntxov muaj kev ntxhov siab heev. Tab sis cov peev txheej txhim khu kev qha tau tshaj tawm tias tus neeg hu nkauj yuav tau ua dhau los ua txhaum cai dhau los. Akon ib zaug hais tias nws siv 3 xyoo tom qab tuav rau nyiag tsheb. Tab sis xyoo 1998, nws raug kaw ob peb hlis vim muaj tsheb nyiag.
Lwm yam kev ua suab paj nruag
Ua ntej nrhiav KonLive Distribution, Akon yav dhau los yog tus tswv cuab ntawm lwm cov ntaub ntawv sau npe, Konvict Muzik. Nyob rau hauv cov ntawv no, Akon tau tsim thiab sau hits rau Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, T-Pain, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis thiab Pitbull. Young Berg, Kardinal Offishall thiab Nigerian cov kws ua yeeb yam (P-Square, Davido, Wiz Kid) tau kos npe rau nws daim ntawv lo.
Akon kuj tau ua haujlwm nrog cov lus dab neeg nrov Michael Jackson. Kev sib koom ua ke tuav Kuv Tes yog suav tias yog txoj haujlwm kawg ntawm Jackson ua ntej nws tuag.
Tus kws ntaus nkauj tau txais 5 qhov kev xaiv tsa Grammy thiab yeej World Music Awards.
Kev lag luam tsis yog suab paj nruag
Akon muaj ob txoj kab khaub ncaws - Konvict khaub ncaws thiab cov qauv zoo nkauj ntawm Aliaune. Cov kab muaj xws li ris tsho hnav ris tsho, t-shirts, sweatshirts nrog lub tsho rau cov kab khoom kim heev kawg nkaus xwb. Akon tseem muaj lub pob zeb diamond mining hauv South Africa.
Akon Teeb pom kev zoo teb chaws Africa
Tus neeg hu nkauj Asmeskas los ntawm Senegal tau tsom mus rau kev lag luam project Akon Lighting Africa. Nws tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2014 ua ke nrog Asmeskas Senegalese Thione Niang. Ib txoj haujlwm tsom rau kev txhawb nqa cov zej zog African nyob deb nroog tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Tuam Tshoj Jiangsu International.
Raws li xyoo 2016, 100 hnub ci txoj kev teeb thiab 1200 hnub ci microgrids tau raug teeb tsa ua ib feem ntawm txoj haujlwm. Thiab 5500 txoj haujlwm tsis ncaj ncees tau tsim, feem ntau yog rau cov tub ntxhais hluas, hauv 15 lub tebchaws African, suav nrog Senegal, Benin, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone thiab Niger.
Akon tsis tau hnov nyob rau hauv lub suab paj nruag scene. Thiab nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli 2016, Akon tau raug hu ua tus thawj coj muaj tswv yim ntawm tech start-up Royole.
Cov nyiaj tau los thiab kev nqis peev
Forbes kwv yees tias Akon khwv tau $ 66 lab rau nws kev siv suab paj nruag (los ntawm 2008 txog 2011). Xyoo 2008 - $ 12 lab; hauv 2009 - $ 20 lab. Thiab nyob rau hauv 2010 - $ 21 lab thiab nyob rau hauv 2011 - 13 lab los ntawm Tione Niangom. Txawm li cas los xij, suab paj nruag ib sab, nws txoj kev lag luam lucrative netted nws $80 lab.
Nws muaj ob lub tsev zoo nkauj, ob qho tib si nyob hauv Atlanta, Georgia. Ib lub tsev muaj nqis txog $1,65 lab thiab lwm lub tsev muaj nqis txog $2,685 lab.
Tsev neeg, poj niam, me nyuam thiab cov kwv tij
Txawm hais tias Akon tswj kom nws tsev neeg tawm ntawm qhov tsom teeb. Muaj qee yam uas nws zais tsis tau mus ib txhis. Rau ib tug xyaum Muslim (nws raug tso cai kom muaj ntau tshaj ib tug poj niam), nws muaj ib tug poj niam uas nws tau yuav. Nws lub npe yog Tomeka Thiam. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj ob tug poj niam uas nws tau koom nrog kev sib deev.
Hauv tag nrho, tus txiv neej muaj 6 tus menyuam los ntawm peb tus poj niam sib txawv. Cov menyuam lub npe yog Aliwan, Mohammed, Javor, Tyler, Alena thiab Arma.
Akon muaj ob tug kwv tij - Omar thiab Abu. Ntawm ob tug kwv tij, tus ntaus suab paj nruag yog ze tshaj rau tus yau (Abu Thiam). Abu yog CEO ntawm Bu Vision thiab kuj yog tus thawj coj ntawm Konvict Muzik. Nyob rau hauv nws cov hluas, ua ntej nws nto moo nyob rau hauv lub suab paj nruag teb, Akon nyiag tsheb. Thiab Abu tau muag cov nroj tsuag kom ciaj sia.
Tsis tas li ntawd, muaj kev xav tsis zoo tias Akon thiab Abu yog menyuam ntxaib. Ob kwv tij tsuas zoo ib yam nkaus xwb. Qee lub sij hawm, "kiv cua" xav tias Akon yuav tau txais kev tso npe ua yeeb yam ntawm ntau qhov chaw nyob rau tib lub sijhawm. Nws yuav ua rau ib tug, thiab nws tus kwv nyob rau lwm yam. Abu kuj muaj ib tug ntxhais, Khadija, thiab kev nqis peev hauv Africa.
