Looks like love has run its course for Akon and his now ex-wife Tomeka Thiam. That’s because Thiam was the one who put an end ...

Akon’s wife has filed for divorce from the popular singer-songwriter just days before their 29th wedding anniversary on Sept. 15, per court documents obtained by TMZ on Friday. Tomeka Thiam, who says ...

Akon is no stranger to headlines about his personal life. The "Smack That" rapper, born Alioune Badara Thiam, has openly embraced polygamy, fathering nine children and being linked to multiple women ...

*Akon’s long marriage to Tomeka Thiam is coming to an end, with court filings highlighting a complicated family dynamic shaped by his polygamous lifestyle and nine children. Tomeka Thiam filed for ...

Tomeka Thiam has filed for divorce from Akon, bringing to an end a relationship that has lasted nearly 29 years, following a bizarre Livestream incident last year. According to TMZ, court documents ...

Before streaming platforms and algorithms told us what to listen to, music found us – through scratched CDs, late-night radio dedications, and MTV cou ...

Plans for a futuristic African city backed by New Jersey-born music mogul and entrepreneur Akon have been scrapped, and the site in Senegal will now be developed as a $1 billion resort, Bloomberg ...

Akon and estranged wife Tomeka Thiam married in 1996 and share 17-year-old daughter Journey Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, ...