Akon has sold over 4 million albums by c****ining his radio-friendly sound with a somewhat controversial persona outside of the recording booth. With album titles such as Trouble, Konvicted and the hit single "Locked Up," Akon has made no secret of what he calls his "troubled past." Akon's past is now being called into question by TheSmokingGun.com. The website is currently running a report entitled "Akon's Con Job," which uses various legal documents to draw the conclusion that the platinum selling artist has a fabricated past. The Smoking Gun's report centers on Akon's account that he spent three years in prison for attempting to steal a BMW in 1998. Akon recounted the story to Rolling Stone and various other media outlets in 2006. "I was driving a BMW 325, on my way to the chop shop," Akon told Rolling Stone. "That's the slowest car in the whole fleet, the BMW 325. I'd been in high-speed pursuit before and always got away, but this time I didn't because the car was too slow." The Smoking Gun, alleges that public records show Akon, whose birth name is Aliaune Thiam, spent five months in prison for the aforementioned car theft. A subsequent conviction for weapons possession is listed in 1998, but the penalty for this offense was a $1,000 fine and three months probation. The allegations come in addition to public backlash that resulted in 2007 after videos surfaced of Akon performing a sexually explicit dance with a 14-year-old girl and throwing a 15-year-old boy off of a concert stage. Akon and his representatives have yet to comment on The Smoking Gun's report.
rrDesignZ said
18:48 04/17 2008
a that a guan
alligcold said
18:49 04/17 2008
wa de rahtid
K17 said
18:50 04/17 2008
hmmmmmm
***DK*** said
18:54 04/17 2008
hmmmmmm
mz más quería veterano said
18:54 04/17 2008
THIS BS
Dj Moet said
18:55 04/17 2008
hmmm
kinkz said
18:56 04/17 2008
Lawd have mercy..
CArlmak said
18:59 04/17 2008
az long az he keeps on makin gd muzik dats all dat matas 2 me...lotta ppl in da industry are a fraud
Honorebel said
19:59 04/17 2008
LOL like people are surprised!!! Jah know most a dem yute a fraud str8! Public records are easy to come by so if him do di crime an time there will be a public paper trail.
Shem1 said
20:00 04/17 2008
people jus need fi leave him alone people nuh waan see anotha yute come up in life
pengo said
20:05 04/17 2008
Akon a real yout, a dem a di fraud!
Crazypickney said
21:09 04/17 2008
How is he a fraud?? because he didnt dish all his stories to the media??? come on now. if i get famous, my lips would be sealed on my past. Since its public and they can get the information, then why they need him to tell it? he did the crime, he paid the time, not like anything outstanding and hes a wanted man, so whats the big deal??
Msz JayBee said
21:27 04/17 2008
Why you think locked up came out? Yes he was incarcerated before but that doesn't make him a fraud.
Crazypickney said
21:28 04/17 2008
How is he a fraud?? because he didnt dish all his stories to the media??? come on now. if i get famous, my lips would be sealed on my past. Since its public and they can get the information, then why they need him to tell it? he did the crime, he paid the time, not like anything outstanding and hes a wanted man, so whats the big deal??
nexx said
22:16 04/17 2008
mi rate him music still, most a dem av fabricated image
shamz006 said
10:34 04/18 2008
di man jus a get a fight. a nuff a dem artists out deh hav mek up story too
najah said
10:38 04/18 2008
dem jus make up sumting bout dem past fi wen dem popular it look like him turn him life around
such a fake
riddimqueen said
10:40 04/18 2008
hmmmmm
Jahville said
11:06 04/18 2008
most a dem singer sing a movie life.....de song dem sound good so me no bizniz
Akon has sold over 4 million albums by c****ining his radio-friendly sound with a somewhat controversial persona outside of the recording booth. With album titles such as Trouble, Konvicted and the hit single "Locked Up," Akon has made no secret of what he calls his "troubled past." Akon's past is now being called into question by TheSmokingGun.com. The website is currently running a report entitled "Akon's Con Job," which uses various legal documents to draw the conclusion that the platinum selling artist has a fabricated past.
The Smoking Gun's report centers on Akon's account that he spent three years in prison for attempting to steal a BMW in 1998. Akon recounted the story to Rolling Stone and various other media outlets in 2006.
"I was driving a BMW 325, on my way to the chop shop," Akon told Rolling Stone. "That's the slowest car in the whole fleet, the BMW 325. I'd been in high-speed pursuit before and always got away, but this time I didn't because the car was too slow."
The Smoking Gun, alleges that public records show Akon, whose birth name is Aliaune Thiam, spent five months in prison for the aforementioned car theft. A subsequent conviction for weapons possession is listed in 1998, but the penalty for this offense was a $1,000 fine and three months probation. The allegations come in addition to public backlash that resulted in 2007 after videos surfaced of Akon performing a sexually explicit dance with a 14-year-old girl and throwing a 15-year-old boy off of a concert stage. Akon and his representatives have yet to comment on The Smoking Gun's report.