• In 2005 Akon was featured in Young Jeezy’s debut album Let’s Get It: Thug motivation 101 on the song Soul survivor which hit the top 5 on the billboard
• Konvicted, his sophomore album was released on Nov. 14 2006.
• It’s first single, Smack That, featuring Eminem went to #2 in the billboard and stayed  for 5 weeks.
• I wanna love you the second single was released in Sept. 2006
• He was featured in a collaboration with Snoop Dogg that topped the charts for 2 weeks
• He proved that his solo Don’t Matter could be @ #1 too
• He sang Smack That in the Grammys, but lost
• he was also in a collaboration with Gwen Stefani in 2007.
• He was criticized for Performing a racy dance with an under aged girl @ a concert in Tobago
•He wrote a song called Sorry Blame it on me