At the time of Michael Jackson's death last week, it was well-known that he was preparing for a 50-show concert series at London's O2 Arena later this month. What...
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Akon — who has gone through legal woes and bad publicity himself — says he'd be willing to work with pop's latest problem child, Chris Brown. "Oh, absolutely!"...
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Akon is indeed sorry and do blame it on him. The Konvicted rapper pleaded guilty today to harassment for throwing a fan off a stage during an upstate New York concert...
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Hip-hop star Akon pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment for tossing a fan off stage at an upstate New York concert last year. He will serve no jail time as long he...
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Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fueled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves — but his criminal past was always an underlying part of his...
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The trial of Akon, which was scheduled to begin yesterday (December 1) in Fishkill, NY, has been postponed until December 17. The rapper will have to face criminal charges...
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Holding a red velvet cupcake with white frosting and colored sprinkles, Akon stands atop an extended conference room table at Universal Records' New York headquarters....
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Looks like Akon may get Konvicted after all. The rapper has been ordered to stand trial on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment...
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Kanye West, T-Pain and Akon are among the performers on "True to the Game," a compilation CD of R&B and hip-hop songs that will benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum....
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Akon's just been smoked out. The gangsta-posturing rapper, who has extolled his bad-boy past in hit albums like Trouble and Konvicted, is, according to a new report on...
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It's supposed to be top secret — but Akon is giving out a tidbit of information about the rumored ad that Michael Jackson is doing for the Super Bowl.
"We just did a...
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Three years ago he debuted on the
charts with the single "Locked Up." This year, Akon locks up
Billboard's top pop artist honor.
The singer's "Konvicted"...
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What does it take to get pop singer
Fergie, R&B star Akon and members of the rock band Linkin Park
out of bed at the crack of dawn?
A Grammy, perhaps?
The chart-topping...
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Akon has pleaded not to criminal charges filed after he tossed a 15-year-old boy off the stage at a concert earlier this year.
The 34-year-old hip-hop star was released on...
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American hip-hop and R&B singer and
rapper Akon pleaded not guilty to minor criminal charges on
Monday after being accused of tossing a teenage fan off the
stage during a...
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Akon is doing what he can to avoid konviction.
The singer appeared in a Fishkill, New York, courtroom Monday morning and pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a June...
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Kanye West, Akon, and will.i.am have contributed remixes to the 25th anniversary commemorative issue of Michael Jackson's classic Thriller album.
Previously unreleased...
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More than anything this year, Akon should have learned to never fool around with a fan—neither of the mechanical nor human variety.
The hip-hop star has been charged...
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This time Akon was nowhere near the stage when the drama occurred.
A free concert featuring the hip-hop star at Emory University in Atlanta was canceled Thursday...
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The teenage boy didn't look to be on fire during Akon's concert, but you'd have thought he was the way Akon flung him off the stage.
The rapper's attorney...
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Akon intended to get down and dirty, but he didn't mean to offend.
That's what the hip-hop star had to say, anyway, on Wednesday when he apologized for engaging in...
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Verizon really didn't want to see Akon "Smack That."
The communications company scrapped its partnership with the 25-year-old rapper Friday after a video...
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Akon, "Konvicted" (Universal Motown): Since emerging with the 2004 breakthrough hit "Locked Up," Senegalese-American singer Akon has rarely let listeners forget that he's...
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