Konvicted, his second album, was released in November 2006. After appearing on Young Jeezy's "Soul Survivor," his number of guest appearances seemed to multiply each month. The success of the song "Locked Up," a Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hit, made Akon a star and desired collaborator. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's silky vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. He was eventually jailed but he used the time - a total of three years, he claimed - to work on his musical ideas. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. Louis, Missouri, singer, songwriter, and producer Aliaune Thiam - aka Akon - grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven.
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