{"id":777120,"date":"2020-01-06T06:25:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T06:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/06\/akon-reveals-the-top-african-musicians-he-signed-to-his-konvict-label\/"},"modified":"2020-01-06T06:25:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T06:25:29","slug":"akon-reveals-the-top-african-musicians-he-signed-to-his-konvict-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/06\/akon-reveals-the-top-african-musicians-he-signed-to-his-konvict-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon Reveals The Top African Musicians He Signed To His Konvict  Label"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Mulitple Award-winning American singer, record producer and entrepreneur, Aliaune Bouga Badara Akon Thiam popularly known around the world for his music stage name as Akon has finally disclosed all top African musicians he signed to his Konvict  Label<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview,\u00a0Akon\u00a0who is of Senegalese descent said he did not pause his music career as all are thinking he did years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he traveled to Africa to sign and connect with some few talents across the board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/akon-20200105-00018446881103546043569.jpg\" alt=\"Akon lists the top African artistes he signed unto his Konvict Music Label\" class=\"wp-image-126265\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Listing the artistes he worked with, Akon said Wizkid, Davido, and P-Square (now Mr. P and Rudeboy) were some few artistes he signed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Akon while explaining further said though they are no more on his label, he believes he helped them to achieve a lot of goodies.<\/p>\n<p>No Ghanaian star\u2019s name was among the list.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Video <\/strong><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"f7584a37d1db64de3fda8a7b-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1009694476028322&version=v2.3\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mulitple Award-winning American singer, record producer and entrepreneur, Aliaune Bouga Badara Akon Thiam popularly known around the world for his music stage name as Akon has finally disclosed all top African musicians he signed to his Konvict Label Speaking in an exclusive interview,\u00a0Akon\u00a0who is of Senegalese descent said he did not pause his music career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":777121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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