U-Akon ungumculi waseSenegal-waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo, i-rapper, umdidiyeli wokuqopha, umlingisi kanye nosomabhizinisi. Ingcebo yakhe ilinganiselwa ku-$80 million.
Iminyaka yokuqala ka-Aliaune Thiam
U-Akon (igama langempela - u-Aliaune Thiam) wazalelwa eSt. Louis (Missouri) ngo-Ephreli 16, 1973 emndenini wase-Afrika. Uyise, uMor Thaim, wayengumculi we-jazz wendabuko. Umama, uKine Thaim, wayengumdansi nomculi. Ngenxa yofuzo lwakhe, umculi wadlala izinsimbi ezifana nesiginci, i-percussion kanye ne-djembe kusukela esemncane.
Abazali bathuthela edolobheni lakubo eDakar (Senegal, eNtshonalanga Afrika) ngemva kokuzalwa kuka-Akon futhi bahlala lapho iminyaka engu-7. Lo mbhangqwana wabuyela e-United States nomndeni wawo futhi wazinza eNew Jersey.
Lapho esemusha, wangena esikoleni esiphakeme. Abazali bakhe bamshiya nomfowabo omdala eJersey City. Futhi bathuthela e-Atlanta (Georgia) nawo wonke umkhaya.
U-Akon wayeyibhungu elikhohlakele elenza yonke into ephambene nemithetho yesikole. Wayengazwani nezinye izingane futhi wangena ezinkampanini ezimbi.
Kodwa ngenxa yethonya lomculo lomndeni wakwa-Akon, waqala ukuthanda umculo kusukela esemncane. Naphezu kwezinkinga ebusheni bakhe, ngenxa yothando lwakhe lomculo, waba sendleleni yeqiniso. Waqala ukucula nokucula esemncane.
Kamuva wafunda eClark University e-Atlanta, Georgia. Waphuma ngemuva kwe-semester yokuqala. Ngemva kokushiya inyuvesi, washintshela ngokuphelele ebhizinisini lomculo. Waqala ukuqopha ekhaya futhi ngaleso sikhathi waba umngane noWyclef Jahn (Fugees). Ngo-2003, u-Akon wasayina isivumelwano sokuqopha.
Umsebenzi womculo ka-Akon
Umsebenzi womculo we-rapper waqala ngeminyaka yawo-2000s. Ugxile ekubhaleni amazwi akhe kanye nokuqoshwa kwedemo. Uhlangane noMongameli we-Upfront Megatainment uDevina Steven. Base beqala ukubambisana, umculo wakhe waduma kakhulu.
UStephen wayebuye abe nesibopho ngemisebenzi yokuqala yabaculi abafana no-Usher. Enye yezingoma zakhe eyaqoshwa noSteven yafinyelela ku-SRC/Universal Records. Usayine inkontileka yokuqopha nale lebula ngo-2003. Ngo-2004, lo mculi wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Trouble.
I-albhamu iholele ezingomeni ezimbalwa eziphumelele okubalwa kuzo i-Locked Up, Lonely ne-Belly Dancer. Inyuke kakhulu kunombolo 1 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK, idayisa amakhophi angu-24 ngesonto layo lokuqala lokukhishwa. I-albhamu kamuva yathola isitifiketi se-platinum e-US ngokuthengiswa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1,6.
I-albhamu yesibili neyesithathu ka-Akon
I-albhamu yesibili ethi Konvicted (2006) yaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha. Ikhishwe ngaphansi kwelebula ethi KonLive Distribution (edalwe ngaphansi kwe-Universal Music Group), i-albhamu ikhishwe ngonombolo 2 ku-Billboard 200 futhi idayiswe amakhophi angaphezu kuka-286 ngeviki layo lokuqala.
Cishe unyaka ngemuva kokukhishwa kwasekuqaleni, i-RIAA yakhipha i-albhamu. Sekudayiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3 e-US kuphela.
I-Single Smack That (feat. Eminem) iqale kunombolo 2 ku-Hot 100. I-I Wanna Love You (efeat. Snoop Dogg) yafinyelela inani eliphakeme ku-Hot 1. Ingoma yayo yesithathu, ethi, Don't Care, yafinyelela inani lokuqala ku-Hot 100, yaba isibili inombolo eyodwa elandelanayo.
I-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo ethi Freedom yakhululwa ngoDisemba 2, 2008. Ikhishwe ngenombolo yesi-7 ku-Billboard 200 ngamakhophi ayi-110 athengiswe ngesonto layo lokuqala. Kamuva yathengisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-600 e-US, yathola umklomelo we-platinum. Ilebuli yenkululeko ikhiphe izingoma zomculi kamaskandi: Right Now (Na Na Na) nethi Beautiful (noColby O'Donis noKardinal Offishall).
Ubusha buka-Akon kanye nokuba mdala kwaba nesiyaluyalu. Kodwa imithombo ethembekile ibike ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi lo mculi wenza ihaba ngezenzo zobugebengu ezedlule. U-Akon wake wathi uchithe iminyaka emithathu ejele ngokweba imoto. Kodwa ngo-3, wahlala ejele izinyanga ezimbalwa ngenxa yokwebiwa kwemoto.
Eminye imizamo yomculo
Ngaphambi kokusungula i-KonLive Distribution, u-Akon phambilini wayeyilungu elisungula enye ilebula yokurekhoda, u-Konvict Muzik. Ngaphansi kwala malebula, u-Akon ukhiqize futhi wabhala izingoma ezishisayo zikaLady Gaga, uGwen Stefani, T-Pain, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis noPitbull. U-Berg osemncane, uKardinal Offishall kanye nabaculi baseNigeria (P-Square, Davido, Wiz Kid) basayinelwe ilebula yakhe.
U-Akon uphinde wasebenza nenganekwane edumile uMichael Jackson. Ingoma ehlangene ethi Hold My Hand ithathwa njengowokugcina kaJackson ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe.
Lo mculi uthole imiklomelo emi-5 ye-Grammy futhi wawina i-World Music Awards.
Ibhizinisi ngaphandle komculo
U-Akon ungumnikazi wezingubo ezimbili - izingubo zika-Konvict kanye nenguqulo ye-Aliaune. Imigqa ihlanganisa ama-jean, izikibha, ama-sweatshirts anamajakhethi omugqa wakamuva wokunethezeka kuphela. U-Akon uphinde abe nemayini yedayimane eNingizimu Afrika.
I-Akon Lighting Afrika
Umculi waseMelika waseSenegal ugxile kuphrojekthi yezohwebo i-Akon Lighting Africa. Yakhiwa ngo-2014 kanye no-American Senegalese Thione Niang. Iphrojekthi okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa imiphakathi yasemakhaya yase-Afrika ithole uxhaso oluvela e-China Jiangsu International.
Kusukela ngo-2016, izibani zasemgwaqweni zelanga eziyi-100 1200 kanye nama-solar microgrid ayi-5500 afakiwe njengengxenye yomklamo. Futhi kudalwe imisebenzi engaqondile engu-15, ikakhulukazi yabantu abasha, emazweni ayi-XNUMX ase-Afrika, okuhlanganisa iSenegal, iBenin, iMali, iGuinea, iSierra Leone neNiger.
U-Akon akazange azwakale endimeni yomculo. Futhi ngoSepthemba 2016, u-Akon waqanjwa njengomqondisi wokudala we-tech start-up Royole.
Imali engenayo kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali
IForbes ilinganisela ukuthi u-Akon uthole u-$66 million ngemizamo yakhe yomculo (kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2011). Ngo-2008 - $ 12 million; ngo-2009 - $20 million. Futhi ngo-2010 - $ 21 million futhi ngo-2011 - 13 million evela ku-Tione Niangom. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle komculo, amabhizinisi akhe angenisa imali angenise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-80.
Unezindlu ezimbili ezinhle, zombili zitholakala e-Atlanta, eGeorgia. Enye yezindlu ibiza u-$1,65 million kanti enye ibiza u-$2,685 million.
Umndeni, unkosikazi, izingane kanye nabafowabo
Yize u-Akon ekwazile ukugcina umndeni wakhe ungabonwa. Kunezinto abengeke azifihle unomphela. Kumuntu oyiSulumane osebenzayo (kuvunyelwe ukuba namakhosikazi angaphezu koyedwa), unomfazi oyedwa ashade naye. Igama lakhe nguTomeka Thiam. Nokho, bakhona abanye besifazane ababili ayethandana nabo.
Sekukonke, indoda inezingane eziyisi-6 kwabesifazane abathathu abahlukene. Amagama ezingane ngo-Aliwan, Mohammed, Javor, Tyler, Alena no-Arma.
U-Akon unabafowabo ababili - u-Omar no-Abu. Kulezi zelamani ezimbili, umculi usondelene kakhulu nomncane (Abu Thiam). U-Abu uyi-CEO ye-Bu Vision aphinde abe yi-CEO ka-Konvict Muzik. Ebusheni bakhe, ngaphambi kokuba adume emkhakheni womculo, u-Akon weba izimoto. Kanti uAbu wayethengisa ukhula ukuze aphile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakunombono oyiphutha wokuthi u-Akon no-Abu babengamawele. Bobabili abazalwane bafana kakhulu nomunye. Ngesinye isikhathi, "abalandeli" baqagela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi u-Akon uthola ukubhukha ukuze acule ezindaweni eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa. Uyocula komunye, nomfowabo kwenye. U-Abu futhi unendodakazi, uKhadija, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali e-Afrika.
