Comments on: Akon Not The Konvict He Claims To Be http://idolator.com/380562/akon-not-the-konvict-he-claims-to-be Music News, Reviews, And Gossip Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:05:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/380562/akon-not-the-konvict-he-claims-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-534632 Anonymous Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:36:34 +0000 4475a8dfbba5a4a47b7f14c6c04b8508#comment-534632 <p>Did I ever tell you about the time Akon took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Akon takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half - until sure enough, someone constructs a bar around us. Well, the day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Akon yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found 'em!'"</p> Did I ever tell you about the time Akon took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can’t find one. Finally Akon takes me to a vacant lot and says, ‘Here we are.’ We sat there for a year and a half – until sure enough, someone constructs a bar around us. Well, the day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Akon yelled over the roar of the flames, ‘Always leave things the way you found ‘em!’”

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/380562/akon-not-the-konvict-he-claims-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-534642 Anonymous Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:38:57 +0000 4475a8dfbba5a4a47b7f14c6c04b8508#comment-534642 <p>I like the idea that Akon and/or the record company thought that rap sheet of half a dozen arrests and one felony conviction just wasn't "real" enough.</p> I like the idea that Akon and/or the record company thought that rap sheet of half a dozen arrests and one felony conviction just wasn’t “real” enough.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/380562/akon-not-the-konvict-he-claims-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-534652 Chris Molanphy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:20:33 +0000 4475a8dfbba5a4a47b7f14c6c04b8508#comment-534652 <p>When shit like this breaks, I always find myself not angry at the fabricator, but in the public's gullible demand for "realness" at all costs.</p> <p>It's like, it isn't enough that somebody records good (or at least catchy) songs or writes a book that tells a compelling story - people need to obsess over the fact that, <i>OMG, this <b>totally</b> happened to him, too!!!!!!</i></p> When shit like this breaks, I always find myself not angry at the fabricator, but in the public’s gullible demand for “realness” at all costs.

It’s like, it isn’t enough that somebody records good (or at least catchy) songs or writes a book that tells a compelling story – people need to obsess over the fact that, OMG, this totally happened to him, too!!!!!!

]]> By: Al Shipley http://idolator.com/380562/akon-not-the-konvict-he-claims-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-534662 Al Shipley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:37:56 +0000 4475a8dfbba5a4a47b7f14c6c04b8508#comment-534662 <P>I'm so disillusioned, next thing you know it's going to turn out this guy doesn't even have multiple wives or a diamond mine!</P> I’m so disillusioned, next thing you know it’s going to turn out this guy doesn’t even have multiple wives or a diamond mine!

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