AP - Akon — who has gone through legal woes and bad publicity himself — says he'd be willing to work with pop's latest problem child, Chris Brown.

When Pimp C died late in 2007, it looked like the legendary Texas rap duo UGK was finished forever, just a few months after their Underground Kingz album topped the Billboard charts and brought the group to an unlikely new commercial peak. But last year, I interviewed Bun B, the duo's surviving half, and he told me that there'd be another UGK al...

Akon, LL Cool J, John Legend and Nas are among the acts who have signed up to become 'celebrity bloggers' on Global Grind, a site that aims to become the 'Huffington Post of Hip Hop'.

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AP - Even though Akon has a birth certificate, he says his age is still a mystery — and he'd rather keep it that way.