AngryApe — After he is accused of lying about being in prison more info

The Newsroom — Britney Spears Has Car Troubles, Disney Sacks Captain Jack Sparrow, Pictures of Ricky Martin's twin boys, Akon steals Kanye West's thunder, Paula Abdul blames American Idol for her stalker suicide, and Kim Kardashian's Ass has Class more info

AllHipHop — Dogged by allegations from the The Smoking Gun that his criminal background is fabricated, superstar singer Akon has decided to come clean regarding the accusations against him.     In an interview with Access Atlanta, the singer clarified his p... more info

MTV.com News — With her fifth debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart, Brit confirms her comeback.By James Montgomery Britney Spears Photo: Jive Well, there's really no denying it now: Britney Spears really is back! Back to selling tons of records, a... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Akon is taking credit for the success of Kanye West's newest album - he is convinced he paved the way for the rapper to try out melodic vocals. more info

AngryApe — He says he paved the way for the use of melodic vocals in the genre more info

ContactMusic — AKON is taking credit for the success of KANYE WEST's newest album - he is convinced he paved the way for the rapper to try out melodic vocals. The Stronger hitmaker ... more info

MTV.com News — 'As an artist, you should never feel threatened by another artist,' 'Kon declares.By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting Todd Brown Akon Photo: MTV News Akon is totally digging the current trend of rappers becoming singers. He told MTV... more info

VH1 News — Rapper and singer Akon takes credit for the growing trend of singing rappers such as Kanye West and Lil Wayne. more info

Pop Matters — Oft-maligned hitmaker's third album doesn't do much to convince the haters that he's not the hack that they think. more info