Akon a faux con

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 04:20 in Culture by Noah Levine

Calling him “James Frey with catchy hooks and an American Music Award” those clever snoops at The Smoking Gun have a piece up yesterday blowing the lid on the R&B crooner’s felonious past.

While the “Locked Up” singer loves to play up his storied incarceration for heading up a Gone in 60 Seconds-style car theft ring, his real criminal past includes only a few minor arrests and one five-month stint in a county lock up where he couldn’t make bail but was released when the charges were eventually dropped.

It seems Akon’s “street cred” is all a lie, but in the world of hip hop is that really news. Hopefully we eventually get to a point where an artist’s talent counts for more than his or her background legend.

If you want to know the real deal with Akon, read all about it.

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