Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this March 25, 2009 file photo, singer Akon arrives for the Breaking The Silence, Beating The Drum concert event at ...

Akon knows poverty. Growing up in a Senegal, his family had no electricity or running water. So when the 43-year-old singer became chart-topping superstar, he vowed to give back to his country. And he ...

Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their "home back home". The R&B; star boasting two multi-platinum ...