Akon's Con Job - April 16, 2008
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The Truth Swept Under Akon's Faux Thug
Published 4/16/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... he's a Lamborghini-stealing hardened criminal who did a 4 1/2-year stretch for his master thievery. He's bragged in interviews about leading cops on high-speed chases or running chop shops servicing celebs and drug dealers. He'd still be doing it if it weren't for a bitchass bunch of snitches beneath him. Inside the joint, he was a legendary scrapper and once out, he celebrated his jailtime, naming his company Konvict Music and his second album Konvicted . But it's all fake, the Smoking Gun reports ... He's only been convicted of one felony, for which he got three years ...
Akon Not The Konvict He Claims To Be [Stretching The Truth]
Published 4/16/2008 by Anthony Miccio at Idolator
... to his snitching cohorts) for three fight-filled years. In reality, Akon was arrested for possession of a single stolen BMW and held in the DeKalb County jail for several months before prosecutors dropped all charges against him.
So there was no conviction. There was no prison term between 1999 and 2002. And he was never "facing 75 years," as the singer claimed in one videotaped interview.
Try rhyming that with "Gwen Stefani!"
Akon's Con Job [The Smoking Gun]
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TSG Exposes Akon as a Fraud
Published 4/16/2008 by eskay at Nah Right
... , The Smoking Gun has set its sights on Akon’s alleged past as the leader of a lucrative car theft ring. I just got finished reading their report, and if it’s as accurate as it sounds, somebody has a lot of explaining to do. ...
The Closing Bell
Published 4/17/2008 at Pollstar
... claim that he's an ex-con who spent a few years in the slammer may be just a con job - The Smoking Gun EMI lures head of Island Records to run label's A department. - ...
Akon Embellishing His Criminal Past?
Published 4/17/2008 by Nigel D at RealTalkNY
... 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
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Fat Joe and 50 Cent: and….the chest-thumping continues!
Published 4/17/2008 by missinfo at MissInfo.tv BLOG
... and Omar to the rescue. Hopefully by tomorrow, I’ll be able to catch up on all the interesting things that happened while I was convalescing : ) Especially that Akon expose (genius moment!)…ah man, that is too good. ...
Akon - Konvict Criminal Past Is All Smoke!
Published 4/17/2008 by LaShonda at The E-Biz
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.
Akon lied about most of his hardcore criminal past
Published 4/17/2008 by Celebitchy at Cele|bitchy
... to those depicted in the movies “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “New Jersey Drive.” And in interview after interview over the years, he always makes sure to point out the “notorious” nature of his theft ring (as if the adjective’s inclusion makes him sound even more felonious). Akon repeats the phrase “notorious car theft operation” so frequently it seems like he is reading it from a sheet of talking points.
[From The Smoking Gun]
The Smoking Gun has also compiled multiple examples of Akon lying about ...
'Koned!
Published 4/17/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
... The Smoking Gun has unearthed police, court and corrections records that prove the multi-platinum musician '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.' ...
Akon’s Criminal Past In Question, The Smoking Gun Investigates
Published 4/17/2008 by gooch at Sucker Free
... We all know Akon popped himself off with a song called “Lock’d Up,” where he detailed his stint in prison. And he’s talked about being involved in some notorious car theft ring, which landed him in jail for three years or something like. Well, The Smoking Gun has investigated Akon’s criminal past and they’ve found that most of what he’s put out there has been exaggerated to say the least. Their article says, ...
Sugar Bits — Another Contestant Leaves American Idol
Published 4/17/2008 by PopSugar at POPSUGAR -- Insanely addictive.
... A lengthy investigation has revealed that Akon's criminal history is mostly fiction. He claims to have been imprisoned for more than three years after being convicted of running a car theft ring, but in reality he was only held in jail for several months as he awaited trial for illegally possessing a single stolen BMW. — The Smoking Gun ...
Akon’s Imagination More “Konvicted” Than Akon
Published 4/17/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... According to an investigation by website The Smoking Gun, R&B crooner Akon has exaggerated the criminal past that inspired singles like “Locked Up” and the album Konvicted. Among the singer’s claims is that he was once the kingpin of a car theft operation and that he spent four-and-a-half years in the prison after being ratted out. Not true, says TSG. Akon did spend time in a Georgia prison, but it was only for a few months. And he wasn’t arrested for being a ringleader of a car theft operation or because he was ratted out; ...
Akon Lied About His Past
Published 4/17/2008 at Hollyscoop
Rapper Akon is a big fat liar. He's based his career (and record label) on the idea that he was "Konvicted" and served time behind bars, but that's as far from the truth as it gets. Throughout his career he claimed that he was the "ringleader of a notorious car theft operation" and served a four-and-a-half year prison sentence. But website thesmokinggun.com has published papers that prove he never set foot behind bars. The documents reveal that although he was arrested for stealing a BMW, he never once set foot in a prison. The case was dropped by a Georgia court. He ...
Sexing up Akon's past
Published 4/17/2008 by Simon Vozick-Levinson at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... — about the three years he spent in prison after being caught leading a grand theft auto ring, and what a pivotal experience that was in terms of his growth as an artist. But the professional bluff-callers at The Smoking Gun posted a lengthy piece yesterday claiming to prove that the R&B singer never did any serious time behind bars at all, nor did he commit the major crimes he's talked about in depth so many times. They say he fabricated his car-jacking exploits out of thin air, adding fictional details as he went along, and concealing his relatively humdrum past. ...
Akon Job
Published 4/17/2008 at WOW Report
... An investigation by the Smoking Gun has shown that singer Akon's claims of a long and wild criminal career resulting in hard time in prison is almost wholly bogus. While his rap sheet does include half-a-dozen arrests, he was convicted of only one felony, for gun possession in 1998, which ended with a guilty plea and the singer sentenced to three years probation. Another bust that same year which, in his fanciful bio, was responsible for his being sent him to prison for three years, was, in fact, for possession of a stolen car and sent him to jail for a few months before the ...
Locked Out, They Won’t Let Him In
Published 4/17/2008 by Whitney at Mollygood
... It’s absolutely no surprise to any of us that Akon is full of shit, right? It’s just sort of crazy that the people at The Smoking Gun, which is really on a roll these days, are the first ones to officially call him on it. ...
Akon a faux con
Published 4/17/2008 at URB Magazine Daily Blogs
... 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 . ...
"Smack Dat" Will Never Sound The Same Again... [News Roundup]
Published 4/17/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
Hip-hop stars, like memoirists, are often accused of embellish their criminal histories to seem "authentic," but the story of how Senegal-raised Akon manufactured an elaborate fake past replete with car chases, a high-end car theft ring, prison rivalries, a fictional 75-year sentence that somehow got reduced to two fictional years all so you'd never forget the song "Smack Dat" is... amazing. [ The Smoking Gun ] Aliza Schvartz has been obsessed with her uterine lining ever since the Ming Dynasty. [ ...
Akon: Konvicted of First Degree Bullshit
Published 4/17/2008 by Mr. Atoz at Agent Bedhead
... have looked into Akon’s criminal record and discovered that he’s mostly guilty of a criminal assault on the truth with intent to blow smoke up your ass. Akon’s past has its skanky moments, the Smoking Gunslingers learned. He’s been arrested a few times, and in 1998 he pled guilty to illegal handgun possession, a felony that earned him three years’ probation. A few months later he was arrested in Georgia for driving a stolen vehicle, and spent five months in a DeKalb County jail before all charges were dropped. And that’s it: no car-chopping ring, no four years in the Big ...
Hip Hop Artist Akon Made Up Felonious Past
Published 4/18/2008 by AceShowbiz.com at Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News
... made up his felonious past, Thesmokinggun.com claims. The Senegalese music star is claimed to have lied about his criminal past, especially that he was the "ringleader of a notorious car theft operation" and served a four-and-a-half year prison sentence. Exposing Akon's alleged lie, the website has published police reports that prove he never set foot behind bars, much contrary to his claim. Akon has exposed his criminal history in such hit albums, as " ...
Akon Lied About Shady Past
Published 4/18/2008 by Allie at Gone Hollywood
... - While the performer’s rap sheet does include a half-dozen arrests, Akon has only been convicted of one felony, for gun possession (the charge was later dropped).
- There was no prison term between 1999 and 2002. And he was never “facing 75 years,” as the singer claimed in one videotaped interview.
I’m sure the lies were put out there so he would be accepted within the rap community?
source: Akon’s Con Job [the smoking gun]
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into the devil's nest
Published 4/18/2008 by Rafi Kam at Oh Word
... and how a con-man served as the source for the paper’s controversial Tupac story. Now they’ve exposed the phony, “notorious” back-story of Akon. ...
Diary Of A Mad Blogger…
Published 4/18/2008 by the_dallas at dallaspenn.com
... and how a con-man served as the source for the paper’s controversial Tupac story. Now they’ve exposed the phony, “notorious” back-story of Akon . Hip-hop journalism? No such thing. No one is doing their due diligence out there. We got pundits, publicist lackeys, gossips, posers… How about a fucking journalist? Can we make room for just a few of those? Or is the problem that any number of incestuous media sources would have had to kill that story since Akon’s Konvict Muzik is distributed under Interscope? Speaking of all this shit, did you know that someone at the ...
Liar Liar Pants On Fire
Published 4/18/2008 by That Bitch! at Rhymes With Snitch
... , he said he spent 4 1/2 years in prison for running a car a car theft ring? Never happened. According to The Smoking Gun, despite having been arrested six times, the only conviction Akon has on record is a 1998 gun possession charge, for which he got three years probation. He was also arrested in metro Atlanta for possession of a stolen BMW and spent several months in a DeKalb County jail before all charges were dropped. But that's it.
Akon is faking it
Published 4/18/2008 by The Blemish at The Blemish
... The Smoking Gun has more details. It’s a long, but interesting read. To sum it up, even I have more street cred than Akon. For instance, one time I held my penis sideways and shot a girl in the face with it. “Blamo, blamo, blamo!,” I said. Uh huh. That’s how we do. ...
Beyonce to Retire (?), Akon Lied about his Jail-time, Tyler Perry Being Stalked, and Ashlee Simpson is Pregnant!
Published 4/19/2008 by Dustin at GOSSIPONTHIS.COM
... and 1 is currently in the making. I don’t see her calling it quits with just 3 solo albums under her belt. Besides, she loves what she does way too much! We’ll definitely keep you updated on this rumor! [image] AKON ONLY SPENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEHIND BARS » Liar, liar! Pants on fire! Akon just got caught in a lie and just about every blog and news outlet online is calling his ass out on it. I’m sure you all remember “Locked Up,” the song that made his career. Well according to The Smoking Gun , the song was just a fabricated story put to a catchy beat that was supposed to ...
Akon and Senator Hillary Clinton Teaming For Gangster Film
Published 4/22/2008 by Clay at CLAY CANE // GET YOUR LIFE
... , sniper fire in Bosnia during a 1996 trip. Then, just days ago, it was discovered that the chocolate dew-drop singer, Akon, didn't serve four and a half years in prison, contrary to his stories of âLocked Upâ jail time. The Senegalese hip-hop artist used his fairytale jail time to sell millions of records and promote the ideology that being a former prisoner, locked up with big oleâ mens for years, suddenly made him a more reputable rapper. In reality, Akon only served a few months in an Atlanta county jail after attempting to steal a BMWânearly ten years ago. Akon, ...
And Akon has another “audience malfunction”?….wtf
Published 2 days ago by missinfo at MissInfo.tv BLOG
... ish today?*** Twerps getting got, now Akon mushes an overeager fan….I mean, honestly, when your ass is all hanging out your pants (blech!) and you’ve got groupies grabbing at your vegetables, I can see how you’d throw a little stiff arm out on the low.
But then….why jump into the sea of thirstmongers in the first place?
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