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“Rapper” Akon Caught Lying About Thug Past
April 17, 2008![]()
It’s really pitiful when a black man has to stoop to the level of lying that he is a thug to sell records. I am so proud of other cultures who are proud to brag about their academic accomplishments.
As black folks, we have got to come up. This street credibility, gangsta lifestyle is for losers and idiots. We MUST get to a point where it no longer is cool to be a thug. Why can’t black boys be encouraged to strive to attend Harvard, Howard, or Moorehouse—-as opposed to the nearest jail cell!
I knew that this jerk had some serious mental issues the last time I reported on him. LINK
Look at this complete idiot, Akon! He has earned his rightful place amongst the Jigaboo Crew! ![]()

As recounted in scores of interviews since his first album, the platinum-selling “Trouble,” debuted in 2004, Akon was incarcerated for a total of four-and-a-half years, including a long stretch for his role as the “ringleader of a notorious car theft operation.” Akon’s gang specialized in boosting Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Mercedeses, he owned four chop shops catering to “celebrities and drug dealers,” and he frequently escaped from cops in high-speed pursuits. His criminal empire collapsed, though, after underlings–who “felt like they deserved more than they were getting”–cut deals and ratted him out to law enforcement. As a result of that betrayal, Akon spent the next three years in a Georgia prison. While inside, the 150-pound inmate “fought almost every day for two years,” in the process becoming a “champion” who prevailed over both big and small inmates because, “I knew where to hit you to knock you out, so I didn’t fear you.”
When not brutally schooling fellow convicts, Akon was writing songs, including “Locked Up,” his autobiographical account of prison desolation, from dwindling commissary accounts to friends and family that no longer visited or accepted collect calls. The song, he recalled, “was like an anthem in there” and corrections officers would often ask him to sing its chorus (”I’m locked up/They won’t let me out”). After his release in 2002, Akon recorded “Locked Up,” adding to the song what would become his audio trademark: the clanging sound of a cell door closing. The single later became a hit, but did little to erase the memories of his time on lockdown, which “felt like 300 years, not three.”
Guess what? He made all that mess up!
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.
While the performer’s rap sheet does include a half-dozen arrests, Akon has only been convicted of one felony, for gun possession. That 1998 New Jersey case ended with a guilty plea, for which the singer was sentenced to three years probation. Another 1998 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. There was no prison term between 1999 and 2002. And he was never “facing 75 years,” as the singer claimed in one videotaped interview.
Akon’s invented tales appear to be part of a cynical marketing plan, but one that has met with remarkable success. Few press interviews conclude without Akon being asked about his criminal exploits and his prison days. He obliges with canned and well-rehearsed claims, false as they may be, and compares his supposed nationwide operation 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.









Self-proclaimed “Pimp”, Snoop
Could this be the face of a modern day Jigaboo?
Bomani Armah