Akon Talks About Smoking Gun Report That He Fabricated His Criminal Past
Little more than a month ago, The Smoking Gun published an article claiming Akon manufactured most of his past as the ringleader of a "notorious" car-theft ring and that he didn't spend four and a half years in prison, as he's claimed. Instead, the Web site reported, Akon spent only a few months in an Atlanta jail for stealing a single car, according to police, court and corrections records.
The story raised some serious doubts about the stories Akon has been repeating in interviews for years and about his background as a hard-hitting thug who once owned and operated four chop shops that catered to "celebrities and drug dealers." But did Akon spend years in prison, fighting off other inmates on an almost-daily basis, as he's claimed over and over again?
On Tuesday, MTV News sat down with Akon to discuss The Smoking Gun's report. And while he didn't come right out and debunk the article or corroborate his accounts of a criminal past, he said he believes the claims have done little to hurt his rep.
"It's an article," he said. "Everyone's entitled to their own opinions and views. At the end of the day, the Konvict movement is keeping me out of jail. It's nothing I want to glorify or go back to. Honestly, I'm glad something like that came out, because it opens the minds of other people who're thinking positive.
"We're doing so many positive things," 'Kon continued. "To go back and focus and put energy on negative things like that, to try to discredit an artist, it makes no sense to me. If there was a motive for it, it would be worth entertaining. I'd rather keep it the way it is and leave the article out there. It only helps me. It's not something I was trying to glorify or turn back to. It was something I was trying to forget. Actually, it worked out for me in a positive way."
Akon is still working on Acquitted, the follow-up to 2006's Konvicted. The album was originally slated for release this month, but those plans have been scrapped.
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Comment by Foo on May 19, 2008 at 1:51pm -
Akon is an excellent producer/songwriter and has had most of you fools dancing in the clubs for the past 2-3 years.
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Comment by yung riche on May 18, 2008 at 1:40pm -
i don'tr give a f*** is shoit is still hotter than most of these lame ass artist fucjk u if u don't like akon
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Comment by BIG C on May 18, 2008 at 8:59am -
notice how niggaz iz quick to kick that murder s*** in they songs and raps then get confronted now they talkin that positive s*** hahaha
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Comment by BIG C on May 18, 2008 at 8:57am
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it just goes to show how niggaz iz really sellin their souls to be on top. the n**** didnt respond cause that s*** is most likely true
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Comment by ChirvaZ on May 17, 2008 at 11:01pm -
akonz the f**** man bruv how many hitz he produced aswell as sang n s*** breh dnt kno wat did dudes done...even if he aint bout he makes sick music
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Comment by lil k on May 17, 2008 at 7:37pm -
yea as long as he makes good music
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Comment by YuNg MoNeY on May 17, 2008 at 3:04pm -
stopp hatin on da afican k.i.d hatersz im african ma self and i got alot of hatersz on ma d*** cusz we went frum negative to positive
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Comment by FREE THE HOOD...F%CK THE POLICE! on May 17, 2008 at 2:41pm -
Who the f*** is Akon? And why is he on thisis50.com?!
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Comment by single n lovin it on May 17, 2008 at 1:25pm -
y'all dont b hatin on akon at least he's got money. which most of y'all dont have
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Comment by Johnny B Good on May 17, 2008 at 12:37pm -
Yall are some hatin ass f***. These people you hate on, you would be starstruck if you saw them in public. You took the time to read the article because they interest you, and you took the time to comment on the article so they must be on your mind. Weak ass f***
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