Akon: A-KON-ARTIST!!

I told ya'll this hip-hop ain't about too much.  Now folks gotta create falsehoods for "street cred"?  Read this foolishness...

TheSmokingGun.com has exposed Akon as a complete and total fraud when it comes to his so-called criminal past.

      Since his debut album "Trouble" dropped in 2004, the singer has claimed he served a total of 4 1/2 years in prison for various felonies, including running "a notorious car theft operation."

       But the Web found that he was convicted of only one felony – for gun possession – and that case ended in a guilty plea with three years probation. It also turns out he was arrested for stealing just one BMW. In that case, he was detained in Atlanta for several months before prosecutors dropped all charges against him.       

       In the story titled "Akon's Con Job," Smoking Gun stated: "Akon's ad nauseum claims about his criminal career and resulting prison time have been, to an overwhelming extent, exaggerated, embellished, or wholly fabricated.

       "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."

            Read the entire Smoking Gun article here.