Akon Wife- Here Is All There Is To Know About Tomeka Thiam

Tomeka Thiam is the wife of Senegalese-American singer and rapper, Akon. Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, popularly known as ‘Akon’ rose to fame as a musician and began to be a household name by 2004. His debut single in 2004 titled Locked Up that featured Styles P garnered so many fans for the singer.

The song also gave him the top 5 positions in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

Who Is Tomeka Thiam

Tomeka Thiam is a Senegalese-born hairstylist. Prior to her relationship with Akon, she was only known for being a hairstylist. Therefore, details of her background and family are not known.

In the same vein, her exact date of birth isn’t known although there are speculations that she is still in her late 30s or early 40s.

Here Is Everything To Know About Tomeka Thiam

1. About Her Relationship And Marriage With Akon

Akon and Tomeka dated for over two decades and have been legally married for a while now. Tomeka has been the only one mostly referred to as Akon’s wife and she has been the most outspoken about her relationship with him.

Tomeka and Akon have been together for about 27 years now.

2. She Has Four Kids With Akon

Tomeka Thiam has four kids with her husband, Akon. Although Akon has 6 children in total, she bore the singer four of those kids. Also, a few sources claim that instead of four kids, Tomeka has just two with her singer-husband.

The names of the kids mentioned to have been born of Tomeka and Akon are;

Alioune Thiam (son born in 1996). He is a music artist who has been recognized for producing a lot of songs over the years.

Jhavor Thiam (son born in 2001). He is also a music artist and has recorded a couple of self-written songs.

Alianna Thiam (daughter born in 2007). She is in middle school now as she recently graduated from elementary school.

Journey Thiam (daughter born in 2008) is the youngest of the lot.

Akon also has a child with Kelly Pittman called Ty Pittman who was born in 1997.

His other son, Mohammed ‘Mo’ Thiam was born with another celebrity with whom Akon had a relationship. Mo is a model who has been photographed by a lot of photographers and for a couple of brands.

While Akon’s sons are taking after their dad and following in his footsteps, his daughter is obviously more interested in getting educated.

Tomeka loves all her kids including the ones her husband has from his other relationship.

3. Tomeka Thiam’s Husband Is Polygamous

Akon preaches the gospel of polygamy a lot and he has also proven to be a man of his words.

He claims to be a true African and as such, polygamy is in his nature.

Akon attributes most of this thought and decisions to the fact that his father married four wives. He stated that he can have as many wives as he can and he may have up to five.

In recent times, there have been speculations of him having all five wives already with a couple of baby mama’s. However, his only confirmed wife is Tomeka who has been published as Akon’s legal and official wife.

However, Akon has personally revealed that he has multiple wives and that he still gets approached by women for marriage.

He also has children with some of his wives and he is probably expecting more children with the others.

4. She Is A Supportive Wife

Despite knowing her husband’s stand on polygamy, Tomeka isn’t fazed by it. She is very supportive and remains by his side nonetheless.

She has spoken out a couple of times and also understands her husband’s beliefs.

Tomeka takes care of Akon’s kid and as much as she doesn’t have to deal with her husband’s other wives, she has no problem being with the singer.

She is probably this understanding because they’re both Senegalese and she understands that it is sort of culture for her people despite the educational level attained.

5. She Is A Devout Entrepreneur

Apart from being the legal and known wife of Senegalese-American singer, Akon, Tomeka is also known to be an entrepreneur.

She owns a hairstyling business and has been quite successful at maintaining it as her brand.

Her hair salon is located in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, and with how passionate she is about this career, she is doing very well at it.

6. Tomeka Thiam’s Net Worth

As a wife of the superstar singer and songwriter, Akon and an established career woman, Tomeka has been able to garner a net worth estimated to be about $500,000.

Her husband on the other hand has an estimated net worth of $80 million which he got from his successful music career.

Tomeka really enjoys wealth and lives a comfortable life as she owns and lives in a mansion worth $7 million.