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Akon(born Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam on October 14, 1981), is a hip-hopand r&bsinger. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in Dakar, Senegaland at the age of seven he moved to the USA, settling in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is the son of jazz percussionist Mor Thiamand is fluent in his native language of Wolof as well as English. Akon grew up in Senegal as a Muslim, eventually settled in New Jersey.

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