Passage: Afọ atọ Akon nọrọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ hụrụ ka ọ malitere ịmata ikike egwu ya ma zụlite ekele maka nzụlite egwu ya. Onye isi egwu egwu Devyne Stephens, onye isi oche nke Upfront Megatainment buru ụzọ nụ banyere Akon mgbe onye rapper Lil 'Zane kpọtara ya na ụlọ nnwale Stephens, ebe nke oge ahụ hụrụ onyinye dị ka Usher na TLC ka a na-emepe emepe. Mmekọrịta dị n'etiti Stephens na Akon malitere dị ka ọbụbụenyi na nduzi, onye na-eto eto na-eto eto na-akwụsị mgbe niile ịjụ maka ndụmọdụ, Stephens mechara debanye aha ya na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe ya wee malite ịzụlite ya nke ọma. A kpọtara egwu Akon na Stephens na Universal's imprint SRC Records. N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na SRC S&R, Jerome "Knobody" Foster kwuru, "Ihe m na-eme bụ Lonely Linton" Onye isi oche nke Lonely Linton kpọtara ya na steeti nnwale Stephens, ebe n'oge ahụ hụrụ onyinye dị ka Usher na TLC. Mmekọrịta dị n
Afọ 2005