Rappers are storytellers. One thing that rap and hip hop artists have in common is the fact that their lyrics are biographical that have something related to their own lives.

They usually belong to big notorious families or bad famed ones, there is always a connection between them that makes them feel like a universal family.

Let?s pick the life of hip hop artist Aliaune ?Akon? Thiam, who discovered hip hop and crime for the first time when his family settled in New Jersey from Senegal.

He used the time to work on his musical pieces during his time in jail. Upon his release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004.

From then on, his albums reflected his life, from the time in and out the iron bars. Let?s just say his album is his bio. Tego calderon lean back akon locked up mp3.

The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats.

Akon released his debut album Trouble in 2004, which included the singles ?Locked Up?, ?Lonely?, ?"Bananza (Belly Dancer)?, ?Pot Of Gold? and ?Ghetto?.

?Locked Up? reached the top 10 in the U.S. and the top 5 in the UK, and was written after Akon served time in jail for grand theft auto.

His manager Robert Montanez was gunned to death following a dispute in New Jersey in December 2005. ?Ghetto? became a radio hit when it was remixed to include verses from legendary rappers Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac.

In 2005, he released the single ?Lonely? (which samples Bobby Vinton's ?Mr. Lonely?). The song reached the top 10 on the U.S. charts, and was #1 in Australia, the UK and Germany.

His album also climbed to #1 in the UK in April, 2005. Recently, he gained more popularity after being featured in the song ?Soul Survivor? with rapper Young Jeezy. He also has his own record label, called Konvict Muzik.

Just like Akon, and most other rap artists, a lot of people identify themselves with the lyrics used in hip hop music. Most of them have suffered from early childhood, exactly as the artist describes, and most of them are still marked by past events.

Hip hop draws out inner emotions, making the listeners more conscience about their own lives.

Hip hop music put in words descriptions of people?s feelings, people?s frustrations, and other emotions that they haven?t really thought about before.

Reflecting his life in and out of jail, Akon is coming up with a sophomore album on November 21, 2006, entitled Konvicted.

Konvicted will also include collaborations with akon and snoopdog, akon i want to love you akon and snoop dogg, i wanna love you akon, i want to love you akon, Styles P and Konvict Muzik label mates Brick and Lace.

Late August 2006, Akon released the smack that, akon feat. eminem mp3.

On the week of October 5, Akon broke a record on the Hot 100, as Akon achieved the largest climb in the chart's 48-year-history with smack that, akon feat. eminem mp3, which rocketed from 95-7. The song's monstrous leap is fueled by its No. 6 debut on Hot Digital Songs with 67,000 copies sold.

Snitch akon recently appeared on Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's unreleased song titled ?Forget Me? it will be on Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's new album title The Bone Thugs Story it will be released in late 2006 or early 2007.

Akon cd list include Akon and snoopdog I wanna luv u, i wanna love you akon ? Akon feat snoop, I want to love you Akon, smack that, akon feat. eminem mp3, Akon - I wanna fuck you, Akon - Smack that feat eminem, Akon ft big 2pac - Ghetto remix (big verse), cross the line akon and rick ross, Akon - Fu, Akon - Dont let up (good version), akon n obie ? snitch, snitch akon obie trice, Akon - Belly dancer and Young jeezy ft. akon - Soul survivor.

Akon recently been doing some production work for Young Buck on his upcoming album called Buck The World. Gwen Stefani's new solo album will feature production from Akon as well as other producers.

Akon, in collaboration with Japanese band Dreams Come True and video gaming companies SEGA and Sonic Team, has produced music for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog video game.