Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. Akon's attorney subsequently released a statement proclaiming the singer's innocence in the bizarre episode. We are confident that after a thorough investigation it will be apparent that no criminal prosecution of Akon is warranted. The Fishkill incident wasn't Akon's only concert controversy this year, however. In May, he lost his Verizon tour sponsorship for aggressively randy onstage conduct with an underage girl.
And in late October, his planned show at Atlanta's Emory University was canceled after several people, including his drummer, were injured while setting up for the gig. Music Akon. He has built his reputation largely on the back of his criminal history, talking about his years in jail and his lengthy rap sheet.
His album was even titled "Konvicted. But, Akon's criminal history isn't not so:. 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.
While the performer's rap sheet does include a half-dozen arrests, Akon has only been convicted of one felony , for gun possession. That New Jersey case ended with a guilty plea, for which the singer was sentenced to three years probation. Another bust, this one in suburban Atlanta, has been seized upon by Akon and transformed into the big case that purportedly sent him to prison thanks 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.
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