Akon harmonizes the beauty of sexual bliss in the latest Digital Short from Saturday Night Live: “I Just Had Sex!”

The first music video from Michael Jackson‘s first posthumous album arrived online Thursday. The song, “Hold My Hand,” is the lead single from the album Michael and features rapper/singer Akon.

Michael hits stores and iTunes Dec. 14.

A collaboration between Senegalese singer-producer Akon and the late King of Pop Michael Jackson recorded three years ago will go on sale on Monday, Nov. 15 as the first single off an album of new music from Jackson, Sony Records confirmed on Thursday.

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R&B star Akon has been banned from performing at hip-hop music festival Melbourne next month after his 2009 concert in the city erupted in violence.

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Akon gets catty as he teams up with Dominican pop tart Kat De Luna on the songbird’s new uptempo single, “Push Push.”

Akon has been denied a visa to perform in Sri Lanka next month. On Tuesday, government officials in the conservative nation said it would deny a visa to the Senegalese singer after his planned April concert in the island nation sparked rock-throwing protests earlier this week by Buddhists offended by his video “Sexy Chick.”

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Akon’s new scent, Konvict, smells like stolen cars and underage girls.

According to CelebrityClothingLine.com: “Konvict Homme, for men, is really masculine and has touches of bergamot, lemon, sandalwood and cedar. While Konvict Femme, for women, offers a fresher and fruitier scent with fresh lemon, mandarin, vanila and almond musk. Each fragrance pack contains two bottles connected by a chain, forming a set of handcuffs, each measured at 1.7 oz eau de parfum, totaling in 3.8 oz of Konvict freshness. You can start smelling Konvict-good by shelling out $41.95, good enough a price for spicing up your daily life….”

The debut fragrance from the hitmaking singer/producer will be in stores later this year.

Akon can retire a few decades earlier, thanks to his gutsy decision to sign fashion risk taker/pop sensation Lady Gaga. Akon signed the star to his KonLive label at Interscope Records in 2007 after the 23-year-old was dropped by at least five other imprints. It’s a move that has set Akon up for life. Gaga’s Grammy-winning dance anthems — like “LoveGame,” “Bad Romance,” and “PokerFace” –have gone on to dominate music charts across the globe.

“I was like, ‘Yo, I want to sign that right there. She needs to be under my umbrella. Jimmy was like, ‘Yeah, whatever you want. Take her. Let’s get it done.’ And she just blossomed into a super megastar, man. She’s pretty much retired me. She was definitely a blessing. She came at the right moment. I’m glad I believed in her, boy. That goes to show you, if you believe in something strong enough, it will pay off.”

Akon tried to stop a concert in Australia from breaking into violence by leaping offstage and ordering brawling fans to “calm down.” The R&B star was performing at Melbourne’s HiSense Arena as part of his co-headlining gig with T-Pain when rival gangs began fighting, prompting Akon to halt the show, forcing his way through the crowd.

Immigration officials in the Outback have previously refused the Smack That star entry into the country over his past run-ins with the law.

“It took me almost two years for Australia to let me back in the country. And I’m not going to let them fuck up my concert tonight!”