So remember that little album called Konvicted Akon put out at the end of 2006 that went multi-platinum? You know the one I'm talking about -- the album where he talked about being locked up, being a bad boy, yadda yadda yadda. Yeah, he made it all up or REALLY stretched the truth.
Police, court, and corrections records say that Akon:
created a fictionalized backstory that serves as the narrative anchor for his recorded tales of isolation, violence, woe, and regret. Akon has overdubbed his biography with the kind of grit and menace that he apparently believes music consumers desire from their hip-hop stars.
Akon punk'd us, friends. And it worked!
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I've always been very vocal in my hate for Akon. I think he's a clown. From darn near raping 14 year old girls to picking up and throwing people off the stage at his shows, hes just a douche bag. I took a little bit of time out and wrote about Akon today over at Highbrid Nation and I hope that the uncovering of his true past is a message to artists and labels that "keeping it real" doesn't mean making up some stuff.
ummm....
i like some of akons songs, there ok i guess
oh well, he wrote the songs that are all still stuck in our heads so who cares if they're real or not.
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