Muscat: Three Muscat-based performers will entertain fans before Akon storms the stage for his live show on Thursday at the Oman Automobile Association Grounds, according to a press release from local organisers of the show Light and Shadow Enterprise.

Sham, DJ Junior and DJ Fawaz will first take to the stage in the show being held for the benefit of the Oman Cancer Association.

Sham, a rapper/singer/song writer, started his career at the age of 18 in Malaysia. He launched his first demo song Naughty Boy in 2008 which went to number one on Radio One. He has now successfully completed his first album which features international artists. Sham’s music video One & only went to number one on MTV Asia/Arabia and his latest single Morning Light, which was shot in BOUDOIR night club in Dubai, hit number five on the US Independent Music Network and number one on the Indie Charts.

Most recently Sham performed with the likes of Ne-Yo, Sean Paul and Jay Sean. DJ Junior, a residence DJ at Intercontinental Hotel Muscat for about 10 years, has been spinning records since the late ’90s. DJ Fawaz is a Jordanian producer and DJ based in Muscat. He performs dance music, including heavy remixes of club and hip-hop favourites, funky house and amalgamations of other styles.