Star Online, Malaysia — PETALING JAYA: R&B artist Akon's Freedom Beach Concert at the Sunway Lagoon has been rescheduled to Oct 24. more info

All About Jazz — Al Bell, who led Stax Records in Memphis during the labels 1960s and 70s heyday, has returned to the city as chairman of the Memphis Music Foundation to resuscitate its entertainment stature. AS the peacock-blue Cadillac with the gold trim and fur... more info

Monsters and Critics — Emmy Award-winning musician, songwriter, philanthropist and co-creator of IsThereSomethingICanDo.com, Peter Buffett is collaborating with Grammy-nominated artist, Akon. more info

AllHipHop — A popular UK bodybuilder/bodyguard for 50 Cent and other stars is going against the G-Unit front man’s rival The Game - for a role as B.A. Baracus in the upcoming A-Team remake.   Tiny Iron, 28, is a bodybuilder who has done security for art... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Up until recently, songwriter Claude Kelly -- who has co-written songs with Akon, Brandy and Chrisette Michele -- wouldn't have dreamed that his publishing company would fly him to Nashville to help write songs for country a... more info

All About Jazz — His sister LaToya has taken possession of computer hard drives that contain a trove of unreleased songs he recorded with A-list singers such as Ne-Yo, Akon, and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, according to Rolling Stone magazine. The drives were i... more info

Chorus.fm — *Phone Calls From Home (http://www.myspace.com/phonecallsfromhome)* have posted their cover of Akon's "Don't Matter" on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/phonecallsfromhome) page. The band will be shooting a video for the cover in L.A. on August ... more info

Guardian Music — The late singer's sister has allegedly taken posession of hard drives containing unreleased material Jackson recorded with artists such as Ne-Yo, Akon and Will.I.AmMichael Jackson's last recordings have become the subject of a bizarre battle after th... more info

AllHipHop — Riding a wave of momentum with two hit singles, rapper Pitbull is setting the stage for an official return to music at the end of the month with his forthcoming album, Rebelution.   The release, which features the popular tunes “I Know You Wa... more info

VH1 News — Akon recalled meeting Michael Jackson in a moment from MTV's "Michael Jackson's Human Nature" special. "I didn't expect him to be that cool," Akon recalled. more info