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In 2004 when he released his first album, Trouble, he broke through with "Locked Up," a self-produced jailhouse lament shaped like modern-day blues. Improbably, it reached the Top 10 in the music charts. Other R&B artists, from James Brown to Jaheim, have openly discussed being incarcerated. Akon may have been the first to record a major pop song about it. Two years later, Akon returned with "Smack That," where he prowls through nightclubs for one-night stands. In press interviews and magazine stories, Akon shifts these masks at will. As his popularity swells, the balance between Akon's public and private identities continues to shift.
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