Ghetto is the title of a 2005 hit single by R&B singer Akon. It reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is a cut off Akon's debut album, Trouble. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Akon Akon (born Aliaune Thiam in Senegal in 1979) is an R&B singer who released his debut album Trouble in 2004, which included the singles Locked Up (Remix) (featuring Styles P), Bananza (Belly Dancer) and Ghetto. Locked Up reached the top 10 in the US, and the top 5... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main U.S. singles popularity chart used by Billboard magazine. ...
The single was released in 2004 and gave him large successes already, reaching top 10 in both the U.S. and the UK, but he was to enjoy even more success with the follow-up song "Lonely".
The song recounts Akon's own trouble's with the law, only instead of car theft, the protaginist is a drug dealer.
A remix of the song (featuring the rapper Styles P) also exists on the single and the album.