Kine Gueye Thiam

Kine Gueye Thiam is a dancer by profession, and she is better known as the mother of singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and record producer Akon.

Married life and husband

She is married to Mor Dogo Thiam. He is a famous drummer, entertainment consultant, and cultural historian. 

He was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1941.

The couple got married several years back. Their exact wedding date is not available on the internet. 

They both are from Senegal and tied a knot in front of family and friends. 

They have already spent several decades together. 

After marriage, the couple moved to the United States but returned to their hometown Senegal, West Africa, after Aliaune was born. 

They spent seven years there and again moved to New Jersey, the United States, and settled there.

Blessed with two sons

She is blessed with two sons with her husband, Mor Dogo Thiam. 

Akon is her older son. His full name is Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam. 

On 16 April 1973, he was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 

He rose to fame after releasing his first single, ‘Locked Up’ from his debuted album ‘Trouble’ in 2004. 

Aliaune is one of the well-known personalities in the entertainment industry. 

He keeps his personal life private. In an interview, he said he had six children from six different women. 

Abou Thiam is her youngest son. He is a music producer and businessman. 

He came to prominence after being the youngest person ever to be named Vice President of A&R at Def Jam Records.  

Abou was born on 25 March 1982 in New Jersey, United States. His current age is 38 years old. 

A moment with son

She has such a lovely family. Her bonding with her family seems so strong. 

Her son is one of the popular philanthropists, and she is often spotted in several charity events and programs of her son. 

In March 2011, she was seen with her son in the event organized by Akon & The Konfidence Foundation on Read Across America Day. 

They visited second graders at Glen Haven Elementary in Atlanta and distributed books, and discussed the importance of reading. 

Did her son reveal the original music industry?

Akon begins by saying that it might hear cliche, but it is real that somebody’s words were true, that was believing yourself. 

He mentioned it is the real key. 

He also confessed that there is no secret to success as people around always ask about the secret to the successful journey. 

He explained, in simple words, that the first thing you got to do is "put in the work" and not doing so, nothing will come when you are waiting for it, and also, nothing will come when you expect somebody will doing it for you. 

So, the main thing is you have to be involved and do that work. The next thing artist mentioned is patience. 

He said that he had never seen anyone in this business has ever made it without time in between it as much work as you put in. 

There needs more time for you to allow manifest in something. 

He revealed there are people who don’t survive the wait, so it is the reason they don’t get there as they cannot instill that patience enough for what they actually want. 

He also speaks regarding this music industry, as he mentioned there are many people out there who want to get into this business. 

And he also clarified having various sectors in this entertainment business and also the true fact that the artists are the one who gets paid at last. 

He continued saying that he is more broke than anybody, but still, he is the most famous. 

He suggested if you want to have that fame but still want to be broke, then be an artist. 

But the time when you came to know that there are other sectors which allow you to achieve real money like the producers, songwriters, agents, managers, attorney positions. 

Being an artist himself, he says that you must be that super lucky person who has the hands of the gods on your shoulder for you to win. 

Being a successful artist is like winning a lottery, he added. When talking about Drake, he mentioned that he needs to get advice from that nigga. 

To learn of his interesting words, visit the link below.

Net worth

She is a professional dancer and has served as a dancer for several years.  

She has a good amount of net worth, but she hasn’t revealed yet. 

She is the mother of a celebrity. Her son has a net worth of 80 million dollars.

He manages to earn that sum of fortune from his versatile career. 

His major portion of fortune comes from album sales, movies, concerts, tours, sponsorship, and many more. 

He has a clothing line called Konvict Clothing, which he started in 2008. He has several record labels also. 

Aliaune owns a diamond mine in South Africa. 

He has released several albums to date. Some of them are shown below.

She resides between Orlando and Senegal with her husband. Kine prefers to keep her personal life private. 

She is not active on social media. 

Age and Religion

1. Her exact age is not available on her wiki sites.
2. She is Senegalese-American by nationality.
3. She is Muslim.

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