Akon sits down with ET’s Kevin Frazier for an intimate chat about his career beginnings and next chapter. The GRAMMY-nominated singer and producer, with hits like ‘Smack That,’ ‘Right Now’ and ‘I Wanna Love You,’ reflects on his early days, including how a penitentiary tour, performing for inmates after his own prison stay, launched him to stardom. He shares memories of growing up in Africa, then moving to the US and working with Michael Jackson on some of the King of Pop’s final music. He also offers his plea to Britney Spears to get back in the studio and make a new album! Akon’s latest album, ‘Beautiful Day,’ is out April 24, the same day he kicks off his co-headlining tour with Ne-Yo, ‘Nights Like This.’
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