Akon, who first gained promience in the hip-hop community for his Summer of 2004 smash “Locked Up,” may have never been “locked up” at all. The Smoking Gun claims Akon lied about having a lengthy rap sheet in an effort to gain “street cred” in the music industry.

Akon has signed a deal to write a book based on his life. Thug Politics will be released on C-Murder’s TRU Publishing print and is expected to hit shelves in April or May 2008.

A free concert at a shopping mall in Denmark descended into violence on Wednesday when fans began rioting as police evacuated the venue due to a fire alarm alert. Akon put on the free gig at Fields Shopping Mall in Copenhagen.

Akon has been named the Top Artist of the Year 2007 by Billboard Magazine based on his radio airplay and chart successes.

Here is the mugshot snapped of R&B crooner Akon after his court appearance in Upstate New York on Monday. The singer faces multiple counts of child endangerment after tossing a teen boy from a stage during a June 2007 concert in Fishkill, NY.

Akon has pleaded not guilty to charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment relating to an incident in which he allegedly threw a fan off the stage during a Summer 2007performance in Upstate New York.

Akon may be about to get ‘locked back’ up. TMZ reports police in Upstate New York have charged the R & B singer with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment stemming from a videotape featuring the crooner tossing teen from a stage during a concert last June.

Akon has covered Michael Jackson’s classic track ‘Wanna By Starting Something.’ Michael is putting together a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the world’s best-selling album Thriller. Kanye West, Akon, and will.i.am have put down recordings for the disc, Fox Online claims.
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Akon and his two brother look so much alike that the trio has decided to create a ‘Punk’d’ style reality show.