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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo, singer Aliaune Thiam, better known as Akon, attends the premiere of "American Heist" at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Akon, who was born in the U.S. of Senegalese parents and was reared in both countries, started an initiative called "Akon Lighting Africa" two years ago with a goal of bringing electricity to a million homes by the end of 2014. He told a U.N. news conference Wednesday, May 20, 2015, on promoting clean energy that the initiative not only achieved that but has spread to 14 African countries. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo, singer Aliaune Thiam, better known as Akon, attends the premiere of "American Heist" at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Akon, who was born in the U.S. of Senegalese parents and was reared in both countries, started an initiative called "Akon Lighting Africa" two years ago with a goal of bringing electricity to a million homes by the end of 2014. He told a U.N. news conference Wednesday, May 20, 2015, on promoting clean energy that the initiative not only achieved that but has spread to 14 African countries. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

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