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The band Akon was founded in 1973. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in St. Louis. Generally, music journalists would define Akon’s style within the genre/s of hip hop music, pop music, and other rock music.

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Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, investor, and occasional actor from St. Louis, Missouri. Nelly embarked on his music career with Midwest hip hop gro... [wikipedia]
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Sean Kingston

Kisean Paul Anderson (born February 3, 1990), better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American rapper, singer, composer and record producer whose first album, Sean Kingston, was released on July 31, 2007.... [wikipedia]
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Kardinal Offishall

Jason Drew Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall (), is a Canadian rapper, record producer, DJ, and record executive. Often credited as Canada's "hip hop ambassador", he is regarded as one of the country's best hip hop p... [wikipedia]
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Baby Bash

Ronald Ray Bryant, (born October 18, 1975) better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh) is an American rapper and singer. From 1995–98, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the la... [wikipedia]
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Ne‐yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned his 2004 hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Ma... [wikipedia]
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T‐pain

Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second album Epiphany, w... [wikipedia]
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Jay Sean

Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), better known by the stage name Jay Sean, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with "Dance with You", whi... [wikipedia]
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Usher

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, businessman, and dancer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local singi... [wikipedia]
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Iyaz

Keidran Jones (born 15 April 1987), better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a British Virgin Islander singer, songwriter, dancer and entrepreneur, signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records. He is known for his singles "Replay", "Solo" and "Pretty Gir... [wikipedia]
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Ja Rule

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (), is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, and actor.... [wikipedia]
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50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during th... [wikipedia]
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Timbaland

Timothy Zachary Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American musician, record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ.Timbaland's first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine...the Bachelor for R&B singer Gin... [wikipedia]
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Bow Wow

Bow Wow is an influential Japanese rock band formed in 1976 by Kyoji Yamamoto. They were one of the first Japanese metal bands. In 1984 they renamed themselves to Vow Wow, recruited vocalist Genki Hitomi and adopted a mainstream sound. Yamamoto was invited to ... [wikipedia]
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Flo Rida

Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 17, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (, floh RY-də), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Carol City, Florida. His 2007 breakout single "Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and b... [wikipedia]
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Diddy

Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known by the stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and actor. Combs was born in New York City but was raised ... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is Akon?

Akon genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for Akon. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of hip hop music, pop music, and other rock music.

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