Akon Embellishing His Criminal Past?
Akon’s ad nauseum claims about his criminal career and resulting prison time have been, to an overwhelming extent, exaggerated, embellished, or wholly fabricated, an investigation by The Smoking Gun has revealed. Police, court, and corrections records reveal that the entertainer has 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.
There was no prison term between 1999 and 2002. And he was never “facing 75 years,” as the singer claimed in one videotaped interview.
What a coincidence I was just watching a special on Akon called, “Rags To Riches,” where he talked about his rough past and stealing cars in Newark. This article is extensive and not full of bs like the LA Times article on Tupac so I want to see Akon’s response.
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Do you mean entertainers lie about their past?? I would have never guessed it!
Phony lol.
Well it worked didn’t it. Dumb ass niggas eat up shit like what Akon was spittin and dude made millions off it without actually having to go to jail or be shot at. Props to him.
This goes back to people glorifying the “gansta lifestyle” and I know nigga on here is gonna say he fake and corny all that shit but if he came out and said “I came from a stable home, I have a great relationship with my father, and I have never sold crack”…Niggas would been like “get the fuck outta here”
Most if not all of these entertainers fabricate some part of their “biographies”….so whatever.
I just read the TSG joint, Kon got aired the fuck out.
wooo nooo? are ulieing???/
no fucking shit none of these rappers are real
all u dumb niggers spend ur $120 mcdonalds check on albums to support sum 1 u “think” is gangsta
when all of them grew up in a mansion in the suburbs and have had money since birth
but props to them, they made all the dumb trash think they were real so people would buy their albums
haha sucks for u idiots
akon is from africa. that shit is ghetto. and he like 35 years old, so by 1999 he would have been done with whatever he did in his past. plus mofo owns a “blood” diamond factory. that article is pretty much like saying jeezy aint hustle since he became a hit rapper. no shit he aint.
lol…wow…nobody realli cares if he has a “konvict” past, he is an R&b singer, he ain’t even hip-hop…manz are bored dese days
Punk ass! He whines too much. talk bout, “I’m sorry” “I’m lonely”
lol. what a joke!
Get this nigga outta here. NEXT!
WTF is suppose to be the diffence between rnb and hip hop? This falls into the labeling game we fall for! “gangster rap” “Indians”, whatever someone tells us to call somethin we say “O.K.” No matter how much info we get to the contrary!
Other than that I co-sign 1 (Young Trump)and 3 (reckless)
“akon is from africa. that shit is ghetto. and he like 35 years old, so by 1999 he would have been done with whatever he did in his past. plus mofo owns a “blood” diamond factory. that article is pretty much like saying jeezy aint hustle since he became a hit rapper. no shit he aint”
LMAO,YOU THINK AFRICA IS ONLY GHETTOS AND FLIES ON CHILDRENS MOUTHS?YOU’VE GOT MUCH TO LEARN
ANYWAYS,95% OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS NOTHING BUT LIES AND BITCHASSNESS,NO SURPRISE HERE
THAT ARTICLE FUNNY WIT THE PICTURE OF THE FUCKN PRETZEL LMAO
TSG KEEP WRITIN ARTICLES WIT FACTUAL EVIDENCE NOT MADE UP BULLSHIT PROPZ
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AKON IS 41 AND ITS A DAMN SHAME HIS WIFE DONT EVEN KNOW HIS REAL NAME .. NIGGA BEEN MAKIN UP SHIT SINCE HE GOT OFF THE BOAT!!
LOL this dude is off the hook we call that putting a 100 on 10. But hey he tried to tells us he is A-con-artist. Word to Jigga “Can’t knock the hustle”. Hustler of the year award goes to Akon.
SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH!
LMFAO @ the comments…especially #13 haha!!!
AHAHAHAHA!!! I’m not surprised. Entertainers embellish, but Akon is taking it waaay too far with the embellishments.
lmao only akon did from 1999-2002 wuz watch CB4
I dont know many niggas buying Akon albums #1 and the ones that do I dont think bought it because they thought he was hard. The type of music he put out doesnt need a criminal backround to establish street credit. Thats like t-pain claiming he live a thug life right after he buy a bitch a drink…
Akon is Akon, this doesnt change my opinion of him one iota, he aint from around me so what difference does it make if he christian or jew? ( just a personal expression folks!) only thing thats relevant to me about him is his music, and some of it is decent might i add. end of story
keep gettin your paper A
Just read the whole article and The Smoking Gun really put Akon on blast. And its well deserved.
The sad part is entertainers feel the need to make up these bullshit fictional pasts because its what the majority of us consumers eat up. We don’t want to hear about someone growing up with money in the suburbs. We rather hear about a robin hood character that steals, sells weight, packs heat and has been arrested numerous times.
This is why we have a fucked up music industry and society as a whole.
@JASON BIDS
What boat? Your ancestors where brought here 400 years ago on boats. It’s 2008 Africans come to this country on PLANES.
Fuck wat u heard!!! Akon is 4rm Nigeria,hez scamming americanz..Get ur money boy!!!!!!!!!!Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gonzalez!
LMAO..
actually #22 akon is from senegal not nigeria but both countries to me are beautiful.
he hangs with 50 cent what did yall expect?
Ahahaha this is the joke of the week! cosign reckless that nigga got aired out though lmfao! They need to do that shit to the whole rap game, every “gangsta” rapper needs a credit check so young boys can see they don’t have to go to prison or sell dope to be respected.
they need to air out young joc next.we all know that nigga aint no dope boy with his big greasy nose.
THESE PEOPLE WE SEE ENTERTAINING US ARE PEOPLE LIKE US.
THEY PAY BILL LIKE US…THEY WORK LIKE US…THEY TAKE SHOWERS LIKE US…THEY TAKE SHITS LIKE US
BE 4REAL , IF U HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 2 MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULDN’T U DO THE SAME AS AKON ?
LIFE DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND US SO SHOULDN’T FUCKING MATTER IF A MAN LIED BOUT HIS LIFE.
ANYWAY THAT MANS TALENT SHOULD BE THE FACTOR NOT HIS UPBRINGING.
I THINK THAT IT IS OUR FAULT AS THE PUBLIC PUTTING THESE SET OF STANDARDS ON PEOPLE LIKE BEING PERFECT IN ANYTHING U DO.
THE REASON WHY THIS MAN LIED IS BECAUSE THE SORT OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT HE IS GETTING IN 2 REQUIRE THIS GANGSTER IMAGINE AND HE WAS SMART ENOUGH 2 KNOW THAT PEOPLE WASN’T GONNA EXCEPT HIM IF HE DIDN’T HAVE IT.
THIS GUY IS A MUSICIAN NOT A CRIMINAL…EVEN IF HE WAS WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THAT ? NOTHING
CURTIS JACKSON ISN’T A DRUG DEALER HE IS A MUSICIAN…THAT GUY MOVED ON WITH HIS LIFE FROM BEING A CRIMINAL AND MADE SOMETHING OUT OF HIMSELF… ANYWAY DO WE KNOW CURTIS 4 BEING A DRUG DEALER OR BEING A RAPPER ? 4 BEING THE RAPPER…
THESE PEOPLE WE SEE ENTERTAINING US ARE PEOPLE LIKE US.
THEY PAY BILL LIKE US…THEY WORK LIKE US…THEY TAKE SHOWERS LIKE US…THEY TAKE SHITS LIKE US
BE 4REAL , IF U HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 2 MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULDN’T U DO THE SAME AS AKON ?
LIFE DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND US SO SHOULDN’T FUCKING MATTER IF A MAN LIED BOUT HIS LIFE.
ANYWAY THAT MANS TALENT SHOULD BE THE FACTOR NOT HIS UPBRINGING.
I THINK THAT IT IS OUR FAULT AS THE PUBLIC PUTTING THESE SET OF STANDARDS ON PEOPLE LIKE BEING PERFECT IN ANYTHING U DO.
THE REASON WHY THIS MAN LIED IS BECAUSE THE SORT OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT HE IS GETTING IN 2 REQUIRE THIS GANGSTER IMAGINE AND HE WAS SMART ENOUGH 2 KNOW THAT PEOPLE WASN’T GONNA EXCEPT HIM IF HE DIDN’T HAVE IT.
THIS GUY IS A MUSICIAN NOT A CRIMINAL…EVEN IF HE WAS WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THAT ? NOTHING
CURTIS JACKSON ISN’T A DRUG DEALER HE IS A MUSICIAN…THAT GUY MOVED ON WITH HIS LIFE FROM BEING A CRIMINAL AND MADE SOMETHING OUT OF HIMSELF… ANYWAY DO WE KNOW CURTIS 4 BEING A DRUG DEALER OR BEING A RAPPER ? 4 BEING THE RAPPER…
MORAL OF THIS IS THAT DRUG DEALER OR NOT WE ARE ALL PEOPLE LIVING PLANET EARTH… WHAT AKON DID WAS A SURVIVAL TACTIC 2 MAKE LIFE BETTER 4 HIMSELF…
IF U ASK A NIGGA ON THE STREETS WOULD U LIKE 2 MAKE MUSIC AND GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OR WOULD LIKE SELL DRUGS…
U KNOW WHAT THAT NIGGA WOULD SAY MAKE MUSIC…
THESE ENTERTAINERS JUST WANT OUR MONEY…