The track actually been out for a while but the video is just now getting released. Thoughts on Terry Kennedy and his crew.

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.

Full Article: Smoking Gun

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.

“We got a few songs we already picked out,” Big explained. “We pick the beats first. I drop my [solo album] in July, Dre puts his out [later this year], and we drop that Outkast record at the top of [next] year.”

Full Story: MTV

Idlewild went 2x plat while Speakerboxxx/The Love Below sold 11 million(double disc), so it will be interesting to see how the solo albums do.

Damn Lloyd Banks might be next to get the boot.(No I am not serious geniuses)

I posted pics of Alicia Keys, Vivica A Fox  & Beyonce without prepping so it’s only fair…

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