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, West African-styled 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 - three years, he claimed - to work on his musical ideas. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. Louis, MO, 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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