Akon muimbi wekuSenegal-America, munyori wenziyo, rapper, mugadziri werekodhi, mutambi, uye muzvinabhizinesi. Pfuma yake inofungidzirwa pamadhora mazana masere emamiriyoni.
Makore ekutanga aAliaune Thiam
Akon (zita chairo - Aliaune Thiam) akaberekerwa muSt. Louis (Missouri) Kubvumbi 16, 1973 mumhuri yeAfrica. Baba vake, Mor Thaim, vaive muimbi wejazz wechinyakare. Amai, Kine Thaim, vaiva mutambi uye muimbi. Nekuda kwemajini ake, muimbi akaridza zviridzwa zvakaita segitare, percussion uye djembe kubva achiri mudiki.
Vabereki vakatamira kumusha wavo weDakar (Senegal, West Africa) mushure mokunge Akon aberekwa uye akagara ikoko kwemakore manomwe. Vaviri ava vakadzokera kuUnited States nemhuri yavo ndokugara muNew Jersey.
Paakanga ava kuyaruka, akapinda chikoro chesekondari. Vabereki vake vakamusiya aine mukoma wake muJersey City. Uye vakatamira kuAtlanta (Georgia) pamwe chete nemhuri yose.
Akon aive mudiki ane misikanzwa aiita zvese zvinopesana nemitemo yechikoro. Haana kuwirirana nevamwe vana uye akapinda mukambani yakaipa.
Asi nekuda kwesimba remimhanzi remhuri yeAkon, akatanga rudo rwemimhanzi kubva paudiki. Pasinei nezvinetso muhuduku hwake, nekuda kwekuda kwake mimhanzi, akava munzira yechokwadi. Akatanga kuimba uye kutamba achiri mudiki.
Akazoenda kuClark University muAtlanta, Georgia. Akasiya chikoro mushure memesita yekutanga. Mushure mekusiya yunivhesiti, akachinja zvachose kune bhizinesi remimhanzi. Akatanga kuita kurekodha kumba uye panguva iyi akava shamwari naWyclef Jahn (Fugees). Muna 2003, Akon akasaina rekodhi chibvumirano.
Basa remimhanzi raAkon
Basa remumhanzi rapper rakatanga muma2000s. Akatarisa pakunyora mazwi ake uye zvinyorwa zvedemo. Akasangana neUpfront Megatainment Mutungamiri Devina Steven. Ipapo vakatanga kushandira pamwe, mimhanzi yake yakave yakakurumbira zvikuru.
Stephen aivewo nebasa rekutanga mabasa evaimbi vakaita saUsher. Imwe yenziyo dzake dzakarekodhwa naSteven yakazviita kuSRC/Universal Records. Akasaina chibvumirano chekurekodha neiyo label muna 2003. Muna 2004, muimbi akaburitsa dambarefu rake rekutanga Dambudziko.
Iyo albhamu yakatungamira kune akati wandei akabudirira singles anosanganisira Locked Up, Lonely uye Belly Dancer. Yakakwira panhamba yekutanga paUK Albums Chart, ichitengesa zviuru makumi maviri nezvina makopi muvhiki yayo yekutanga kuburitswa. Iri dambarefu rakazopihwa platinamu muUS nekutengesa anopfuura miriyoni 1.
Album yechipiri neyechitatu yaAkon
Dambarefu rechipiri Konvicted (2006) rakava hit. Yakaburitswa pasi pezita rekuti KonLive Distribution (yakagadzirwa pasi peUniversal Music Group), iro dambarefu rakatanga panhamba 2 paBillboard 200 uye rakatengesa makopi anopfuura 286 musvondo rayo rekutanga.
Rinenge gore mushure mekuburitswa kwekutanga, iyo RIAA yakaburitsa iyo albhamu. Yakatengesa anopfuura mamirioni matatu emakopi muUS chete.
Single Smack That (feat. Kucho) yakatanga iri panhamba 2 paHot 100. I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) yakasvika panhamba 1 paHot 100. Kambani yayo yechitatu, Don’t Care, yakakwira panhamba yekutanga paHot 100, ikava yechipiri. akatevedzana nhamba-imwe chete.
Yechitatu studio album Freedom yakaburitswa muna Zvita 2, 2008. Yakatanga panhamba 7 paBillboard 200 ine 110 makopi akatengeswa muvhiki yekutanga. Yakazotengesa miriyoni imwe yemakopi muUS, ikawana mubairo weplatinamu. Freedom label yakaburitsa nziyo dzemuimbi: Right Now (Na Na Na) uye Akanaka (naColby O'Donis naKardinal Offishall).
Kuyaruka kwaAkon uye kukura kwekutanga kwaive nenyonganyonga. Asi zvinyorwa zvinovimbika zvakashuma kuti muimbi anogona kunge akawedzeredza zviitiko zveutsotsi zvekare. Akon akamboti akapedza 3 years ari mumabhawa nenyaya yekuba mota. Asi muna 1998, akanga ari mujeri kwemwedzi inoverengeka nemhaka yokuva nemotokari yakabiwa.
Mamwe mabasa emimhanzi
Asati atanga KonLive Distribution, Akon aimbove nhengo yekutanga yerimwe rekodhi, Konvict Muzik. Pasi pemazitabo aya, Akon akagadzira nekunyora zvidavado zveLady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, T-Pain, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis naPitbull. Mudiki Berg, Kardinal Offishall uye maNigerian artists (P-Square, Davido, Wiz Kid) akasaina kune rake rezita.
Akon akashandawo nemukurumbira Michael Jackson. Mubatanidzwa wakabatanidzwa Hold My Hand unoonekwa sewekupedzisira basa raJackson asati afa.
Muimbi uyu akagamuchira mazita mashanu eGrammy uye akahwina The World Music Awards.
Bhizinesi kunze kwemimhanzi
Akon ane mitsara miviri yembatya - Konvict zvipfeko uye shanduro yepamusoro yeAliaune. Mitsara yacho inosanganisira jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts nejacket yemazuva ano emhando yepamusoro chete. Akon anewo mugodhi wengoda muSouth Africa.
Akon Lighting Africa
Muimbi wekuAmerica wekuSenegal akatarisa pachirongwa chekutengesa Akon Lighting Africa. Yakagadzirwa muna 2014 pamwe chete neAmerican Senegalese Thione Niang. Chirongwa chakanangana nekusimudzira nharaunda dzekumaruwa dzemuAfrica chakawana mari kubva kuChina Jiangsu International.
Kubva 2016, 100 mwenje yemumugwagwa wezuva uye 1200 solar microgrids yakaiswa sechikamu chechirongwa. Uye 5500 mabasa asina kunanga akagadzirwa, kunyanya kune vechidiki, munyika gumi neshanu dzeAfrica, kusanganisira Senegal, Benin, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone neNiger.
Akon haana kunzwika munzvimbo yemimhanzi. Uye munaGunyana 2016, Akon akapiwa zita rekugadzira director we tech kutanga-up Royole.
Mari uye mari
Forbes inofungidzira kuti Akon akawana madhora 66 miriyoni nekuda kwekuimba kwake (kubva 2008 kusvika 2011). Muna 2008 - $ 12 mamiriyoni; muna 2009 - $20 mamiriyoni. Uye muna 2010 - $ 21 mamiriyoni uye muna 2011 - mamiriyoni gumi nematatu kubva kuTione Niangom. Zvisinei, mimhanzi parutivi, mabhizimisi ake ane mari yakawanda akamuwanira mamiriyoni makumi masere emadhora.
Ane dzimba mbiri dzakanaka, dzose dziri muAtlanta, Georgia. Imwe yedzimba idzi inokosha $1,65 miriyoni uye imwe yacho inokosha $2,685 miriyoni.
Mhuri, mudzimai, vana nevakoma
Kunyangwe Akon akakwanisa kuchengetedza mhuri yake kunze kwenzvimbo. Pane zvimwe zvinhu zvaaisagona kuvanza zvachose. KumuMuslim anoshanda nesimba (zvinotenderwa kuva nevakadzi vanopfuura mumwe), ane mudzimai mumwe waakaroora. Zita rake anonzi Tomeka Thiam. Zvisinei, pane vamwe vakadzi vaviri vaaidanana navo.
Pamwe chete, murume ane vana 6 kubva kuvakadzi vatatu vakasiyana. Mazita evana ava ndiAliwan, Mohammed, Javor, Tyler, Alena naArma.
Akon ane vakoma vaviri - Omar naAbu. Pahama mbiri idzi, muimbi ari padyo nemudiki (Abu Thiam). Abu ndiye CEO weBu Vision uye zvakare mukuru-CEO weKonvict Muzik. Muhuduku hwake, asati ava nemukurumbira mumunda wemimhanzi, Akon akaba motokari. Uye Abu aitengesa sora kuti ararame.
Pamusoro pezvo, pakanga paine pfungwa isiriyo yekuti Akon naAbu vaive mapatya. Vose mukoma nemunin'ina vakangofanana zvakanyanya kune mumwe nemumwe. Pane imwe nguva, "mafani" akafungidzira kuti Akon angangove achiwana kubhuka kuti aite munzvimbo dzakawanda panguva imwe chete. Achaita pane mumwe, uye munun'una wake pane mumwe. Abu zvakare ane mwanasikana, Khadija, uye mari muAfrica.
