Passage: Shekaru uku na Akon a kurkuku ya gan shi ya fara gane kwarewarsa ta kiɗa kuma ya ci gaba da godiya ga asalinsa na kiɗa. Music mogul Devyne Stephens, shugaban Upfront Megatainment ya fara jin labarin Akon lokacin da mawaki mai suna Lil 'Zane ya kawo shi tare da shi zuwa dakin gwaje-gwaje na Stephens, wani wuri wanda a lokacin ya ga talanti irin su Usher da TLC ana ci gaba. Dangantaka tsakanin Stephens da Akon ya fara ne a matsayin abokantaka da jagoranci, tare da matashin mai zane-zane yana tsayawa a kai a kai don neman shawara, tare da Stephens daga bisani ya sanya hannu a kamfanin samar da shi kuma ya fara gyaran shi da sana'a. Waƙoƙin da Akon ya rubuta tare da Stephens sun jawo hankalin kamfanin Universal na SRC Records. A wata hira da SRC & SRC "Knobody Foster" ya ce, "Abin da nake da shi" Lonely Linton ya tafi tare da shi zuwa dakin gwaje-gwaje na Stephens, wani wuri wanda a lokacin ya ga an ci gaba da talanti kamar
Shekarar 2005