Talk:Akon/Archive 1

message: 1. why is akon's collaboration with whitney houston entitled "like i never left" mentioned even though there is evidence that it does feature both artists? youtube has numerous posts including one from an official akon channel in which akon says "Akon & whitney...". this is common knowledge on the internet. why not on here?
2.someone has briefly mentioned the akon and michael jackson duet. why is it not detailed properly? its called "hold my hand" and once again it can be found on youtube in numerous videos. 
3. both of these things should be celebrated.
(Lil-unique1 (talk) 23:45, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Whitney/Michael Controversy & Confusion

message: akon real name is patrick kavanaghThis page is continuing to see abuse and appears to be fairly complete it weren't for the abusive edits. Perhaps it's time to consider more substantial protection that just protects from anons. 128.232.235.244 (talk) 16:43, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More protection?

message: If it says Akon first started recording his Album Operations Of nature at the age of 15 which :p is shown on the discography as being recorded 11 years ago in 1996 so if that means he was 15 in 1996 he would be around 25 to 26 years of age.   Taylor21  13:49, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wait a sec-album/Age?

message: Akon is featured in  get fuck in Here. Should something be added about that? 71.124.216.141 23:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Get Buck in Here

message: His birthdate is 1967
Please site a website to state that his birth name is truly Aliaune Thiam. Kilo•T 20:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't have to be snarky. There are a lot of Google results for it, such as , though most don't cite a specific source for the long name. Long names like that aren't uncommon in parts of Africa, Dikembe Mutumbo for example, and you didn't have a reason for your revert. Thus I kept it. --Awiseman 21:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's an interview where he says it's his real name  --Awiseman 21:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I was not being snarky. I'd rather have the article accurate than inaccurate. Kilo•T 10:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

text: There is only 5 results, Wikipedia is the first result, and the rest aren't what is considered WP:RS-- ¢² Connor K.   00:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The last one I mentioned   is an interview him however. I'm going to put the full name back. --Awiseman 13:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

text: He must have had some cruel parents Johannes H.-Larsen 15:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Oh, that is REALLY helpful. Besides, start signing your comments! Chsf 08:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: His Birthdate

message: He was born in TAMPA BAY FLORIDA. http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1501105/05022005/akon.jhtml
Check that interview, Akon says it. 
In the song "Journey" he says"Born And Raised in Africa trying to make a scene." See. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/akon/journey.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by R-HIT (talk • contribs).
:That's a song, he can say whatever he wants in a song. But in interviews and biographies he says he was born in St. Louis and moved to Senegal at a young age --AW 17:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth Place

message: He actually got his start with "the fugees", and appeared on a few songs on the album "The Score". Perhaps this should be mentioned.
Apparently people don't understand headers - this section is entitled "Fugees" so if you're going to discuss Akon's birthplace or age here, please relate it to the Fugees somehow. Anyway, yes, Akon seems to have gotten his start in music with the Fugees. He can be heard in the Sly & Robbie remix of Fu-Gee-La from the Fugees album The Score. It seems to me that this should definitely be mentioned in the article, but I'm too lazy to do it myself. If anyone would like to, Akon discusses his start with the Fugees in a VH1 interview here: http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1501105/05022005/akon.jhtml. Ssilk 01:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fugees

message: The biography reads like (and probably is) an industry promo. This isn't really a reference article, but a cut and paste from some sort of Akon PR. Someone familiar with Akon's background should right a more objective biography.
:I agree, this is not an article that would be in an encyclopedia we need to redo this article JTaylorCU
:: Yeah, it's awful. I know nothing about Akon, but maybe someone who even just liked one of his songs could rewrite that bit? --Dandelions 23:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  It seems it has been changed markedly from that "promo" state now.. - A-ixemy 12:41, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Article 

message: Who is the other guy in it?--60.226.16.83 09:48, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Who knows?--Sultn 10:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bananza 

message: Who keeps on deleting all the guest appearances? Sebastian Prospero 23:47, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam" OK that is JST NONESENSE YA'LL!! .. Im 100% Senegalise and trust me that is NOT a real name. As they said "Damala Bouga Time" does actually mean "I Wanna F*** You". He was probably jst translating it for the interviewer! Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu aint Wolof AT ALL!! They're jst makin all this up. Alioune Thiam is his real name. Akon is jst his name as an artist. Trust me, if any of ya'll go to Senegal and aks the ppl if that is a real name, they'll jst think its crazy!
Is his name really "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam"? There's no source, and it seems a bit absurd. I thought "akon" was his performing name, derived from the fact that he's an ex-con. And "lu lu lu" seems made-up, but we can't be sure if there's no source.
Coquigamer 00:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That may be true, but he's said the whole thing is his name in interviews. Do you have a source that his name is really only three words? We need to figure this out. --AW 17:44, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

text: We have to have a source on this. He's said the whole thing is his name in interviews, as this article says. --AW 21:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'truth' doesn't matter, it's sourced and should stay.21:50, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks. That first one seems less legitimate, it says he was born in Senegal, when he says himself he was born in the US. I'm going to cite the second one --AW 23:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Even though there's the issue of whether or not his first name is Aliaune or Alioune, I think we can just leave it as Aliaune, since that's how it's being spelled by pretty much every source in the United States and I guess Akon is fine with that.  But all the other parts like "Damala Bouga Time" should be excluded, in my opinion.  There are never any Sengalese sources that have anything more than Alioune Badara Thiam.  So I think we should just leave his name as Aliaune (Alioune) Badara Thiam and nothing more. Tfeng8 09:35, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

text: The name is obviously a joke from Akons side, it's the chorus of one of his most famous tracks "I wanna f*ck you" AND I can asure you that "Damala bouga time" means I want to fuck you since I am also from the partially wolof speaking country of Gambia.
And as someone said earlier said that "even African middle names" should be written, is the joke itself, Akon knows that most westerners have a view that many Africans do have names like that.
I hope we can be allowed to change this article without anymore, arguements about this joke.
His name is most probably Alioune Badara "Akon" Thiam. Please trust us who do speak the language.
We wouldn't doubt your knowledge in your mother tongues THANK YOU(Kuini86 05:01, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

text: The issue isn't that anyone doubts your ability to speak the language, but that Akon has said in multiple interviews that that is his full name. And who knows, maybe he had interesting parents who decided to include profanity in his name. Or maybe they don't speak the language and asked a mean-spirited passerby who does for a name suggestion. I know a girl named Alison Wonderland Smith. If she wrote children's books, and said her name was Alison Wonderland Smith, should we doubt her because her name happens to be the name of a famous movie? Until we have a source showing that he's lying to the world, he's pretty much the foremost expert on his own name. 24.17.242.238 15:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

text: From what I know of German, the page appears to be an interview with Akon, and that does appear to be what he says. I can't comment for better or worse as to which source(s) we should be trusting or not, though, unfortunately. Other comments, anyone? – Luna Santin (talk) 06:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've disabled the editprotected request. There doesn't seem to be consensus right now, and the current version has two clear sources. Additionally, editprotected requests are reserved for non-controversial changes only, and this change would appear to be controversial. Cheers. --MZMcBride 21:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  His name? 

message: I guess common sense doesn't belong to some people. When I read things like we should put all African middle names, you should source what it means in your language and the 'truth' doesn't matter, is must be sourced, all I can do is laugh. Come on people, things like that only make Wikipedia look stupid! When there are about 5 people confirm that his middle names are a joke and Billboard itself says that his name is not the one we have, it's obvious this is just a joke. First off, sourcing is not what Wikipeida is about. It's about knowledge and truth. And plus, for all you that are strict with the "laws" of Wikipedia and want to follow them word-by-word, I'm pretty sure there is a rule stating that all rules can be broken for the better of this encyclopedia. With that said, I'm changing his name and putting an end to this joke. Udonknome (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Can we stop referring to Akon as a novelty rapper? I've never heard him called that anywhere and it sounds like a POV statement. Also, can we have sources for Akon calling James Blunt a fag for knocking him off number one on a music channel and Akon saying Keane are his favourite band? --Tyron1 13:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced Statements 

message: I would like to know if the Akon page could be protected from unregistered users because the majority of unsourced statements and spam comes from them. I'm not sure if I could do this, which is why I'm requesting it. 
Thnx
His name is Alioune Badara Thiam, what you have right there is actually perverse and sexual Wolof content.
THANK YOU! It is extremely frustrating that someone put up "dama le beugg time" etc etc as his middle name ... at least someone knows what I'm talking about Annekoplinka 17:40, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect From Unregistered Users 

message: We don't need a trivia section. The useful pieces I integrated into the article, like his TV appearance and the Box chart, and the rest is not really useful. And see Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles --AW 14:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia section 

message: Do we have any sources saying what he speaks? --AW 22:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because he speaks French on a CD doesn't mean he is fluent in it. We need a source that says he does. It does need a picture though.  --AW 03:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

text: That's good, but it doesn't mean he doesn't speak Wolof too --AW 19:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wolof and or French? 

message: Whoa, this page needs to be locked by the looks of things. It seems that it is constantly being edited, and now someone has deleted the entire page and written:
Some lame-ass bastard
This is an ENCYCLOPEDIA where people go for INFORMATION!! NOT opinions, you fuckwit!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.169.47.44 (talk) 05:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF HAPPENED? 

message: I met his older brother at a mosque in Orlando, Florida. His older brother lives in Orlando, but the others live some else where. He showed me proof. His name is Muhammad Chiam, not "Thiam", he said its pronounce and spelled "Chiam". He was about 6`3 ,skinny, dark, and looked like him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.205.229.145 (talk • contribs).
:Do you have a verifiable source for that?  The sources linked from the article disagree with you. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 22:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brother in FL 

message: I'm from senegal and I have never heard of a name like that, Akon's real name is "Alioune Thiam", I do speak wolof and "Damala Bouga Time" means something really nasty in wolof "I want to F**** you", Wikipedia should not allow people to post thing without proof... follow the link from "billbooard.com"
- 		+ 	
- 	*IMDB - "born Aliaune Thiam [...]" 	+ 	(http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&pid=491541&kw=akon) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xzalate (talk • contribs) 
:If that's true, that's pretty funny. However, he does say the name in interviews, which are sourced and linked in this article with footnotes. Maybe he's playing a joke, which is worth looking into, but he has said it a few times --AW 07:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I wouldn't bank on it being a joke, but it could be. We do need a true verifiable source before we make any sort of edit like that. We need some proof before we do anything. Tockeg 17:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: What happened to the section that mentioned his Christain faith and that he is a polygamist? someone needs to put it back. I will if no has reason for deleting it. Sartaj 05:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, please do --AW 06:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to his personal life section? 

message: I added the disputed tag because of his name - people are saying that part of it is actually Wolof profanity, but he has said that the full thing is his name in a few interviews. I'm not sure what to do in that case. --AW 17:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed tag for his name 

message: The article (and apparently sources) say his world tour this year will commence in Africa, but makes no mention of anything about Asia. This is a bit odd, seeing as Akon will be coming to my college in Malaysia tomorrow to perform... Johnleemk | Talk 11:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record, polygamy is illegal in Utah too.  See [Polygamy]]. Phiwum 15:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  World tour 

message: In the Career section under 2004-2005: Trouble - The first sentence - "Akon's solo debut album, Troublewas released on June 29, 2004."  Needs a space added after Trouble. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Psmith811 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit needed 

message: Who removed the pop rap genre?  Akon belongs in the pop rap genre.  Some of the songs on his albums are poppy.  "Smack That" was a failure in the urban market and "Mr. Lonely". It caters more to mainstream.  Charmed36 21:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pop genre

message: This article seems very long, especially the part with all his rumored appearances. Is that really necessary? Many singers and rappers appear on many other rappers' songs, do we need to include them all? --AW 22:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too long? 

message: Everytime I try and correct the information in the article Ericorbit reverts it to the "correct format". That is fine with me but when I tried to use his format along with updating the information, he reverts to an outdated edit. Apparently I don't know how to edit so I would like someone to update the information as well as keep the correct format. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Taker 1192 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If I have removed some current info, I'm sorry for this.  However, your edits are a complete reverting of huge sections of the article which were previously cleaned up for grammar, wikilink, punctuation and song/album title formatting, etc.  If your edits showed that you, for example, were only updating a chart position there would be no reason to revert, but when I see this I can only assume you're changing everything back to a poorly-written version. - eo 01:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct Information/Format 

message: Is Konvict (or is it Convict? I'm not sure which he means) considered one of Akon's nicknames? -Mike Payne 03:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Konvict (convict?) 

message: hey i wrote a artical on Wikinews about his recent visit to Borderfest 2007 in which his security forces werent enough to stop the rush of people comming at him which led to him having his shoes socks and watch stolen. =) i was there. also it should come out on the news shortly. the only problem is i dont know where to put such info if it does come out. Its acually called A-Konvict Music which T-Pain,Kardinal Offishall and himself are part of. He resently features and sings in 152 songsMaverick423|Colby123 20:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent news 

message: Hey i was just wondering if his clothing line launched or not cuz if it didn't shouldn't it be taken out of the article that it launches in february as it is march 10...  Cheese is good.....enough 20:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clothing Line 

message: Seeing as the intro was rather messy, I firstly moved his birth place and where he was raised into the relevant 'Background' section. Secondly, I removed the line saying "Other sources have his name as "Alioune Badara Thiam". The only difference between that name & the one cited in the 1st sentence is one letter ('o' instead of 'a'), which isn't surprising since the source was a French site. And I changed the origin in the infobox to St. Louis. If you look at the Template:Infobox musical artist, 'origin' means which place he became notable as an artist. Spellcast 10:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to add that back. There was a lot of debate about his name, some people claim the long version is not real, and that it's Wolof profanity. --AW 15:09, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead in

message: I have a source [] stating that he's a Sunni Muslim, and not a convert. Should we add it to the article? Tockeg 17:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not really that reliable a source. these famous___ websites are never that accurate.Duhon 06:22, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, I'll see if I can find another source or two. Tockeg 21:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: Regarding the place of 'Origin' in the infobox, the Template:Infobox musical artist says it refers to:
The city from which the singer or group originated (that is, the city where the group was founded; or the city where individual performers started their career, should it not match the location of their birth). 
He grew up in both the US & Senegal. But 'origin' here refers to the place where he became notable & it doesn't have to match the place where he grew up. And it was in the US where he became notable rather than Africa. Spellcast 14:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin

message: nothing is mentioned of these two singles. they were recorded with new zealand artists before he cracked the us market. were both huge here in NZ anyone wanna add these?they may have even been on his first album here in NZ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 121.72.239.243 (talk) 16:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find a source, please add them --AW 18:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  moonshine? keep on calling? 

message: --84.70.100.255 22:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  convert to judaism 

message: saw this today on his myspace page- 
Akon
April, 16 2007 at AKON's BIRTHDAY!!!!! 
Not Available , ATLANTA, GA 30301
Cost : 
I dont really know when my birthday is, but this is the day that I celebrate 
http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=7749168&friendid=32050898
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.196.89.150 (talk) 14:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  akon's birthday 

message: Some reliable sources for the Trinidad controversy:
*http://www.westindiantube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c9dcd35e62896010cd9f&page=&viewtype=&category=
* http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161129187
* http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=45946&in_page_id=7
* http://www.hollyscoop.com/akon/akon-gets-the-wrong-hump_10666.aspx
220.227.179.5 17:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources 

message: Hey,
I reckon there should be a separate paragraph EXPLAINING how he got arrested, cos it's really interesting and it's hard to find when it's in his P.L. 
I'm friends with a Senegale African, and his name DOES NOT exist! It's just not possible! Part of it includes swearing, and it is an INSULT and the Para Nacka lu lu lu does not exist, that's just playing around! SOMEBODY CHANGE IT! IT IS AN INSULT!!!
Happykid536 08:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: His name may very well be false in real life, but what matters here in Wikipedia is verifiability. Unless there's a more reliable source available, it should stay as it is. Interestingly, in the May issue of Vibe magazine, he admits to keeping his age a secret, so who knows, maybe his hiding his real name as well. Spellcast 09:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arrest-Name 

message: If what matters is verifiability I'm removing any information about his "full name" because one source cited admittedly is not 100% on it and the other source is just a reiteration of the first - it's not an additional primary source.  I'll briefly mention the mystery/controversy of it, but there is obviously no consensus on anything other than "Aliaune Thiam".
SeeThisThrough 19:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There was some vandalism of it. I changed it back because it's been the subject of a lot of debate. Akon said the long version in some interviews, though some people here think it's a joke or a lie, claiming it includes profanity in Wolof. The "Alioune" variation has been claimed to be correct by others here and I found a source, so I've left it in. I think it's a debate worth leaving in here. --AW 21:03, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I've seen a few people reference "a couple interviews" in defense of the long name, but the cited sources aren't anything substantial enough to warrant that.  There are a great deal of other sources with the simple two-name form, including an interview with him.  So why use the less-defensible, more ridiculous name, especially on a site that prides itself on accuracy and verifiable information?SeeThisThrough 21:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

text: You're right, I fixed that part. I added some more sources about the debate. Apparently no one can say for sure. --AW 21:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Name

message: C'mon people, there's no need to place too much importance on his name. Even if we found out at his actual name, it's not going to bring the page any closer to a good article, judging by its current quality. If this is going to be a good article, there are bigger things to worry about such as citing sources, and improving the biographical material. Spellcast 10:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Forget the name!

message: akon did some simulated rape on a fifteen year old that should most definitely be included  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.189.246.113 (talk • contribs) 
:It was included earlier, i re-added it --AW 21:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trinidad controversy

message: Those right-wing talkers had started a feud with Akon after Verizon Wireless was forced to drop him. Also Fox News is involved in this feud with rap music. LILVOKA 12:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the tip. Ufwuct 09:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bill O'Reilly, Michelle Malkin and Laura Inghram

message: someone put up  "rapist and molestar" on akons page...that probably should be changed —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SMUTUNIT (talk • contribs) 14:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  akons page revisions 

message: Radio Disney does some housekeeping. It appears as if they’ve eliminated controversial artist Akon from their playlist. Just one week ago he had two songs featured on their Top 30 Countdown: It Don’t Matter (4) and Lonely (13). Recently Verizon severed their partnership with him as well.
http://tommy2.net/content/?p=1605 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.118.25.164 (talk) 01:20, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon dropped by Radio Disney 

message: This Akon picture is not decent.It is giving a vulgar feeling because his hand is in an area where it should not have been.There is no decent picture of him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.224.87.205 (talk • contribs) 
:Are you kidding? it looks fine to me. --AW 13:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe you can say there is disagreement about it and mention both. Kind of like what they do for his name. --AW 18:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I added that to the intro paragraph --AW 19:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And actually, I can't find anything with that October day other than About.com, which is not that reliable, so I've removed it. What a confusing guy. --AW 19:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Guess they corrected it, it says 34 now. 128.227.43.42 04:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

text: You should add that to the article with a link or source --AW 18:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's the article , later in the article it talks about how he met michael Jackson before he released thriller. Meaning if Akon was born in '81 he would have to have met MJ as a toddler which is pretty rediculous. If you can find a way of adding this info without it sounding like original research please do. Duhon 21:29, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: The closing sentence of the intro is very confusing.
:::"He is well known for singing hooks and has produced around fifty songs that feature him to his credit."
What does "produced" mean here?  Is he the artist or the producer?  If the former, use a different verb than produced.
What does "feature him to his credit" mean?  At best, it is redundant.  But if he is the primary artist for these songs, then it is strange to say that his songs "feature him".  
I don't know what this sentence is supposed to mean, so I won't try to fix it.  I hope someone else will step in and take care of it. Phiwum 13:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro problems 

message: Apparently "Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu" means "I wanna f@%#! you" in Wolof (a language in Senegal). Not really his name.
Couna 15:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon's real name 

message: I found AN INTERV|IEW WHERE AKON PERSONALLY VERIFIES THAT ALIAUNE DAMALA BOUGA TIME PURU NACKA LU LU LU BADARA AKON THIAM IS HIS REAL NAME. Heres the url- http://www.smashtimeradio.com/archives/smashtimeradio_interview_akon.mp3-- IF it doesnt work go to smashtimeradio.com and go to the archived interviews and click akon. It takes a while to load but he says it in the beginning. And Heres the archive url- http://www.smashtimeradio.com/archives.html and the home url-http://www.smashtimeradio.com - if they all dont work search smashtimeradio on google or sumptin- R-HIT
AH LIE DAT! You explain to me how "i wanna f--k you" can be part of ANYONES name. How can you be sure that it is his real name just because he said it? Blackjays1 02:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GUYS GUYS GUYS- MUST READ

message: Can an image be added? This image: 
Image:AkonEdited.JPG 
--City6 15:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Where at? ^demon[omg plz] 16:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

text: This page is semiprotected; any username more than a few days old can edit it. There is no need for administrator assistance to edit this page. — Carl (CBM · talk) 18:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 

message: To summarize everything before this point:
Akon fan/13 year old girl: "OMG HIS NAME MEANS 'I WANNA F*CK YOU!!!1' IT CAN'T BE RIGHT!!!1 I SPEAK FLUENT WOLOF" 
Wikipedian/nerd: "Ahem, little girl, verifiability. We must look at citations."
15 year old suburban boy: "I did a little research...he says his name is now Akon Chang Chang Shoo Boppity Wop Woo Woo."
Wikipedian/nerd: "Ahem, verifiability."
Another Akon fan/13 year old girl: "HEY GUYZ I HEAR THAT ISN'T HIS REAL NAME"
All: "Thanks, we were just discussing that in the previous 20 threads."
Can we put all of this absolute shit of discussion (which, spread out over a few dozen discussions, all people have really managed to do is just go in circles about his name and his age) in an archive and just have a header saying "please don't be dumb and post new discussions on the same god damn topics we've all been discussing for 155 days"? Furthermore, can people sign their comments?--Blingice 06:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: Can we add in this picture?  Or do I need to get permission to add it in?
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/1734665_akon_200x200.jpg
67.83.134.87 01:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Someone add a link to Sorry, Blame It on Me on the page please! -X34AkFan 14:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorry, Blame It on Me 

message: Please archive the current page for Akon, it's getting too lengthy and drags on. Dcstorm097 02:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archive Please 

message: It appears alot of the press now discussing akon, they are listing his age as 34.   I beleive this information is comming from the AP who are quite well respected in the news world. On this apge it reffered to his birthdate as 1981 however the citation provided did not actually indicate that date. I've removed refferences to his birthdate on the page. Should it be stated that he is indeed 34 on the page now? Duhon 18:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe you can say there is disagreement about it and mention both. Kind of like what they do for his name. --AW 18:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I added that to the intro paragraph --AW 19:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And actually, I can't find anything with that October day other than About.com, which is not that reliable, so I've removed it. What a confusing guy. --AW 19:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Guess they corrected it, it says 34 now. 128.227.43.42 04:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

text: You should add that to the article with a link or source --AW 18:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's the article , later in the article it talks about how he met michael Jackson before he released thriller. Meaning if Akon was born in '81 he would have to have met MJ as a toddler which is pretty rediculous. If you can find a way of adding this info without it sounding like original research please do. Duhon 21:29, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon's Age? 34 

message: Hey guys how about linking to Akon's A.D.D. bio on MTV.com? Its exclusive content and Its a pretty cool piece on the band. Check it out and see if you want to add it to the external link page. The URL is http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1551294&vid=130894--Chasingemy 20:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note that Chasingemy is an MTV employee. — Carl (CBM · talk) 20:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: I heard in the media that Akon raped a woman on stage during one of his concerts. There's even a clip of it happening. Do any of you have information on this? I'd appreciate it. :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.13.2 (talk) 03:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No one raped anyone. Type in "Akon Stage Rape" on google and you can see photos of what actually happened. That's called dry humping, with a willing participant, and isn't even in the same ballpark as the term "rape". TheJudge310 23:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rape on stage? 

message: akon sung big dog from the shaggy dog soundtrack should that be in is dicography?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bballboy14 (talk • contribs) 00:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon Song 

message: While I recognize that there is a great deal of controversy about Akon, hence the locking of this subject, can I nonetheless beg that someone please edit the 'personal life' section? I'd do it myself, but, my account is new, and I lack the permissions.
The section is highly disorganized, following no discernible pattern, at several points is grammatically incorrect, and becomes akward within the first sentence. Admittedly, many of the facts listed there are completed unrelated, but, they could be tied together with a little work.
Thanks!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dupreem (talk • contribs) 23:38, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life 

message: "Australia is the home of the convicts so it's the last place I would have ever thought it would be a problem" - Akon
What Akon doesn't realise is that he was born in and is currently living in a country (America) built on the sweat of slaves. I'd rather come from a country built on the sweat of convicts (many of who were sent to Australia for petty crimes) than a country built on the sweat of slaves. Dumb ass!!
Smilesau 9:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia Comments 

message: I still don't understand this. The album Trouble was released in 2004 and the song Ghetto was released in 2005. D@rk talk 17:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release-date 

message: Someone more familiar with this person may want to check out this story just put out by TSG and update the page. Besides the headline situation of the professed jail time being vastly over-stated, our birth-date also seems to be incorrect (they claim it is April 16, 1973). I don't know anything about this guy, but I do know our article is in serious need of work anyway as we claim he was both born in Senegal and the US. Matt Deres (talk) 19:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TSG exposé 

message: According to an article on FoxNews from April 17, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351580,00.html Akon only served 5 months in jail for driving a stolen vehicle.  He was never the mastermind behind a car theft ring.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cblackthorne (talk • contribs) 16:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fox news is biased...  --Green-Dragon (talk) 19:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criminal Record is Wrong 

message: Well, hell!  I was trying to get you guys an update on the fan-tossing incident that took place in Fishkill, New York, but who or whatever's running the Poughkeepsie newspaper archives wants all of us to "buy" the article.  I believe the most up-to-date I can find is March 2008.--205.214.244.25 (talk) 08:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Fishkill incident 

message: On the final episode of Bravo's "Step It Up & Dance" (Episode 10 - first aired 6/5/08) Akon appeared as a guest judge in the pre-finale group competition of which the winner would appear in an upcoming music video for an artist (Colby O'Donis) under Akon's record label, Konvict Muzic.
NightBoy (talk) 20:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guest judge on "Step It Up & Dance" finale 

message: So, the info box lists his place of birth as Dakar but in the "personal life" section it says that he was born in St Louis, Missouri.  I know that there is the claim that he was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal.  Regardless, someone should probably make an effort for consistency so that he doesn't have two seperate birth places listed. JEB90 (talk) 08:00, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He later moved to Missouri.  I'm not seeing the discrepancy can you please point it out to me.  I skimmed and must have missed it. JBsupreme (talk) 08:25, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sure, the first sentence of the "Personal Life" section it says: "Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri instead of Senegal because his family didn't want him to go through the immigration process." while the infobox lists "Dakar, Senegal" as his place of birth.  He was either born in St Louis, Missouri, or Dakar, Senegal, or St-Louis Senegal.  He may have been raised in more than one place and he may identify with more than one place, but the fact of his birth would have to have been confined to one location... thus the contradiction.  JEB90 (talk) 18:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of Birth 

message: It is unfortunate, but I don't think any one trustworthy source has complete and accurate coverage on these three basic biographical facts.  As a result, this Wikipedia article is mess of contradictions and even worse the sources we cite are contradicting each other.  Recently, the Smoking Gun released some legal documents that I think improves our knowledge.  Here is what I think can currently be gleaned from all the sources out there:
* That long full name including the middle name "Badara" is incorrect.  Even About.com which uses the preposterous 1981 birth year disputes this .  None of the legal documents viewable on The Smoking Gun have this.  We should just state his full name as "Aliaune Thiam" or if anything "Aliaune Dalama Thiam" as  and some other sources from Google have this.
* There is now massive agreement date of birth is 1973.  1981 has been totally debunked.  All the Smoking Gun documents use 1973; Fox , AP , Billboard  articles have stated his age as 34 (last year) or 35 (this year).
* HOWEVER, the exact DOB is not 100% known.  One Smoking Gun document gives 04/30/1973  another gives 04/16/1973 .  In the Smoking Gun writeup they do say "By all indications, he was born April 16, 1973, so birthday wishes are in order (though his first Copyright Office registration carried a 1972 year of birth)."  For now I will change the 04/30/73 to 04/16/73 as that seems to be the preferred date.
* Place of birth... some people are saying Senegal, Missouri, some are saying St Louis, Missouri, some are saying Senegal.  Can we get some good information on this?
This is one case where instead of cherry-picking individual sources, we need to somehow gather our resources and come up with a consensus for what to say about this biographical information.  There are too many fallacious sources out there masquerading as reliable ones for this subject. -SpuriousQ (talk) 14:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full name, date of birth, and birthplace revisted 

message: Shouldn't there be a mention of how Akon provided a remix to the Dreams Come True song "Sweet Sweet Sweet" for the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.17.154 (talk) 22:40, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sonic the Hedgehog 

message: how come it says his music career after the year 2000 when he appeared on the fugees album the score in 1996?????  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.189.227 (talk) 15:50, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  akon fugees 

message: During an interview with Radio 1 today (12:30PM) Akon stated he was an Arsenal FC supporter. 92.0.106.237 (talk) 19:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arsenal fan 

message: On Nov 25th, a 3rd single from the new album - "Holla Holla" featuring T-Pain - was released exclusively on iTunes and on mobile social network Mocospace (see Mocospace leaked songs page).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuchmuch (talk • contribs) 23:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  3rd single from "Freedom" - "Holla Holla" ft. T-Pain 

message: Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri not Senegal.
I have facts to back this source, go to Akon Interview with Howard Stern 1 to 4
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cup22 (talk)
11:35, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Akon is American

message: Akon is a singer, not a rapper. Unless you can give me an instance of him rapping, he shouldn't be called a hip hop artist.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.237.135.64 (talk) 21:44, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon is an R&B singers 

message: Article states "alleged" time in jail (Career/Early Life: Line 2), though no implication or controversy against jailtime is present in article (or discussion). Suggest removal of the word for anyone with permission.
Heinäsirkka (talk) 11:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jailtime 

message: How can Akon be Wolof when his father Mor Thiam, is Dogon? Badagnani (talk) 21:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wolof or [[Dogon]]? 

message: there are 2 albums by akon that arent mentioned at all: in my ghetto released sometime in '07 and in my ghetto vol.2. released sometime in '08  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.163.216 (talk) 06:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  in my ghetto 

message: Just to start a discussion about this article as it has undergone a major re-vamp to remove speculation, re-organisation and re-styling. Im sure there are other improvements that can be made too. Please discuss here... (Lil-unique1 (talk) 18:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's under "Allegations"... --03:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Maintainance April 2009

message: i thought akon did not know how old he is....... if he wuz born here in missouri.....  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.65.181 (talk) 01:28, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  wudd up wud happenin??? 

message: Substituted at 14:10, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: I went through and read through the archived name debate from last year and want to revive this issue since the current text does a very poor job of representing the debate. Although Akon has claimed his full name is the very long version, there are contradictory legal documents linked to from the article and some healthy incredulity among Senegalese. I think we should shorten the name to the part everyone agrees to in the info box and change the text to explain that the long version is what Akon has told people as opposed to a factual statement that it is his name -- something that is debated. Take a look at my edits and reply here. —mako๛ 15:23, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviving the name debate 

message: According to Forbes.comhttp://www.forbes.com/2009/07/08/akon-hip-hop-music-business-entertainment-cash-kings-akon.html, New York records have Akon's birthdate as April 30, 1973.  Why is his birthdate not on his Wikipedia page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Winstonwolf33 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 9 August 2009 
:This page says April 16, 1977.
:IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1868102/ also says April 30, 1973.
:About.comhttp://top40.about.com/od/artistsaf/p/akonprofile.htm,akonfan.comhttp://www.akonfan.com/biography.html and akon-fan.comhttp://www.akon-fan.com/profile.html says October 14, 1981. - Kasperh (talk) 12:05, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Birth 

message: Is this yet another rumor? I keep seeing things saying he died in an accident today. I'll keep looking to see if there's any truth to it. Cold Phront (talk) 18:12, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead? 

message: In 2007 Akon won three World Music Awards: (1) Best Selling R&B Male Artist, (2) Best Selling African Artist and (3) Best Selling Internet Artist. 
In 2008 Akon again won the regional award Best Selling African Artist (Mountnugent1946 (talk) 22:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: World Music Awards

message: Link to David Guetta's One Love album points to the One Love disambiguation page.
It should point directly here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Love_(David_Guetta_album)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.202.104.233 (talk) 20:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix article link in career section 

message: I changed the article, because I think saying "racy dance" is really an understatement and not descriptive.  A person not familiar with the incident might think Michael Jackson, Madonna, Brittney Spears -- that kind of thing.  Not even Adam Lambert's perfomance in 2009 was like this, and I think most neutral observers and uncensored writers, given two sentences or more to describe the event (which Wikipedia articles certainly have the space for), would mention that it included a simulated sex act.
The event shown here is quite a bit more than any of those listed above.  In fact, I struggle to find one portion of the video that would even be dancing.  Maybe 0:46 - 0:47 could be considered simulated sex with dancing, but I think the rest is just simulated sex, and actually pretty rough looking.  I don't see any step pattern(e.g., slow, slow, quick, quick) that looks like any dance, and though I've seen some pretty "racy" bumping/grinding/"freakin'" dancing in some clubs, I've never seen people doing this on the floor at any club I've been to.
If we're going to take two paragraphs to describe the reaction to the event and the consequences, we might as well give a fuller description of the actual event itself.  Ufwuct (talk) 15:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Racy dance"

message: I want to put HITLAB.com, his digital records, on his label information. Someone should please update the information about this?
This is the text I want to put : In September 2008, Akon launched HITLAB.com, an online community where aspiring artists can promote and sell their music and eventually get signed by konvict or another label. The site offers proprietary technology that predicts whether or not a song has the potential to be a hit. "I call it the industry killer, that's going to be the future for music."   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.58.84.25 (talk) 16:26, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  HITLAB 

message: 94.196.230.220 (talk) 21:07, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 

message: Please add to the wikipedia something related to the following:
Akon announced on June 15 that he is launching a new clothing brand, Afrikon F.C.
"Afrikon F.C. designed by Akon launches at 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The socially responsbile lifestyle brand creates an African inspired football capsule collection with jerseys, polos and t-shirts for men and women. Sourced and manufactured in Morocco, Africa -check out the new line at: 
http://www.afrikonfc.com"
Source: http://www.hitlab.com/3542/akon/blog/42861
Imystyci (talk) 14:27, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clothing Line Afrikon F.C. 

message: Please change "In 2006, after their 2005 Akon-produced single, "Soul Survivor," the duo said that there is a lot more to expect from them in the future. The pair announced there are currently plans for a collaborative album.[36][37]" to "In 2006, after their 2005 Akon-produced single, "Soul Survivor," the duo of Akon and Young Jeezy said that there is a lot more to expect from them in the future. The pair announced there are currently plans for a collaborative album.[36][37]".
Currently, the duo in subject is unclear and unmentioned before.
59.37.160.166 (talk) 08:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 59.37.160.166, 23 June 2010 

message: Saying that BoA is "popular and legendary" is a bit too opinionated. Popular she is, but legendary? Legendary? Come on now.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.121.78 (talk) 03:20, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  BoA 

message: HOw can Lady Gaga be an associated act? YZJay (callme) 22:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  associated acts 

message: In the article on Akon, his birth name is listed as Aluaine Akon Beula Baba Lu Lu Lu Badara Thiam or some similar nonsense.  The actual name (as mentioned later in the article) is Aluaine Akon Badara Thiam, as claimed by him, or Aluaine Akon Thiam as claimed by others.
YgdrassilTree (talk) 22:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you very much, I believe I have fix it.--Commander Keane (talk) 04:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from YgdrassilTree, 26 August 2010 

message: The lead section says "He has had 6 Grammy Awards nominations", but the Grammy Awards section lists only 5. - ArCgon (talk) 11:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of Grammy nominations

message: Under the heading tours, where it says:
"Konvict Muzik Tour with T-Pain, Australia only, October 26–27, 2009." 
can we change it to read:
Konvict Muzik Tour with T-Pain & Phinesse, Australia only, October 26–27, 2009.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bensational (talk • contribs) 00:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tours - Phinesse 

message: The name of his new Album is Stadium and not Akonic according to this tweet by him on 18th Nov 2010 link Please change accordingly. Changes include the discography, the akon Template, and other placed where it appears in this page. K!bb Arquib (talk) 06:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Of New Album is Stadium 

message: His name is not "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Badara Akon Thiam" but "Alioune Badara Thiam".
He was born in St-Louis, Senegal. Not in St. Louis, Missouri.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.179.15 (talk) 06:20, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The akon's name 

message: Why no mention of his new video with Lonely Island/SNL?173.206.212.62 (talk) 16:32, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Just Had Sex 

message: Akon was born on April 30, 1973 not April 16, 1973.
76.223.77.164 (talk) 05:48, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.   Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:16, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 76.223.77.164, 24 December 2010 

message: Various parts of this article (particularly the parts in his "personal life" section) are contradictory and terribly written. Can someone look through this, figure out which parts are true, and rewrite some of the worse phrasing in the section? --V2Blast (talk) 10:55, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-contradictory; terrible writing style 

message: Akon Born at St Louis (Senegal), not St Louis (Missouri)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.235.238.73 (talk) 00:34, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  born 

message: Someone should update the claim that he makes 30 million a year.  According to Forbes' estimate he made  million in 2010.  Here's the link to verify (http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/16/jay-z-diddy-akon-business-entertainment-hip-hop-cash-kings_land.html)
Guerito (talk) 06:03, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done -- œ™ 01:24, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit semi protected request 

message: Akon has been collaboration with international artists in 2009. Here is my addition:
* In April 2009 was released the new single of Taiwan rapper Wilber Pan's, "Be with You", featuring Akon, via Taiwan's Hit FM radio stationhttp://www.ez-tracks.com/showArtists-OrigArtist-Akon.html
The single is great, it deserves a mention!  he is  the best singer ever born no one is better but marcus everyone else is shit as you crap artist
JohnADean (talk) 21:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition to section "Projects with other artists" 

message: We are really quoting About.com?! That is the stupidest source ever, worse than Wikipedia, no wonder you can't use this site as a source in school.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.101.18.28 (talk) 01:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claims? 

message: In the head paragraphs it says "He has had six Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis and Leona Lewis. Lady Gaga and T-Pain" with "Lady Gaga" occuring twice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Green legend (talk • contribs) 13:45, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate Lady Gaga in head paragraph

message: The section "Visa Issue" equals its source (link) exactly. I'm not sure if the content has been copied over from there or if they just copied us (surely happened already), so please, someone more familiar with this article take a look at it and examine if it might be a problem for us. Thanks, --The Evil IP address (talk) 18:12, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Visa Issue" section 

message: Akon started out as Lonely. Then he wanted to hold someones hand and love someone. Now Akon has just had sex. Next song I should have used a condom? or I just got Aids? I found it on a forum and was wondering if it chould be included? Jokes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.88.40.170 (talk) 21:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triva 

message: Akon has contributed a super-hero bollywood movie called Ra.One: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra.One
Hids song witch is called Chammack Challo, Got leaked a couple of weeks ago:
According to Akon's official blog and other famous bollywwod sites, could you please add that: http://fantrace.com/akon/archives/956
22/06/2011
Meryam90 (talk) 03:05, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  contribution to bollywood movie soundtrack 

message: This has been bothering me for long time, does he speak French as his mother tongue? (Because he is half-Senegalese) Any other languages? On other person articles, you can find his/her spoken languages, but not here. --MrEskola (talk) 12:27, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What languages does Akon speak? 

message: 85.166.139.88 (talk) 17:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:14, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 85.166.139.88, 18 July 2011 

message: His name was vandalized by people familiar with Akon's home language "wolof" so they have made a mockery of his name on wikipedia by extending it with jokes. Please put his correct name.
173.66.183.185 (talk) 04:14, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source that shows what his name should be?  --Jnorton7558 (talk) 05:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 173.66.183.185, 19 August 2011 

message: Where is the article about chammak challo where is sang in the movie Ra. One  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.160.164.226 (talk) 14:59, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Akon#Featured_projects - third from the bottom. BollyJeff || talk 15:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is the article about chammak challo! 

message: In 2011 Akon works with SHARUKH KHAN in the bollywood movie "RA-ONE". His song "You are my chamak challu" is rocking. 
Sumantakumarnaik (talk) 05:21, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 12:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from , 8 October 2011 

message: Why does it say he started in 1996? It should say he started in 2003. Esecily since his first albulm came out in 2004. 166.82.187.246 (talk) 01:01, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Was he jailed in that time. thats probably the reason. A good question though.P0PP4B34R732 (talk) 01:16, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1996? 

message: If anyone has Akon's newest album, the booklet inside will include a special thanks section. Can anyone confirm this please?
Many Judeo-Christian religions and sects  refer to their God as Jehova. This is doesn't necessary mean that Akon is a Jehova's witness. He might be -- I have no information either way -- but the text  you've quoted is not strong evidence at all.
The above statement (if true) would conflict with the idea that he is Muslim, I think. Although Islam is an "Abrahamic" religion - it is not a "Judeo-Christian" one. From my understanding, Islam regards Mohammed (PBUH) as their highest prophet - not Jesus or Jehova. 
:"Jehova" is what some consider the proper name of God, so you can't really say any religion regards Jehova as a prophet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Σ (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akon is a Jehovahs Witness? 

message: "has produced many hits for artist such"- should be "has produced many hits for artists such" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Σ (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  simple grammar error in the first paragraph 

message: i Suggest that this image may used in info box
.Perumalism Talk 13:42, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  info image Suggestion 

message: associated_acts = T-Pain, Kardinal Offishall, Colby O'Donis, Booba, Snoop Dogg, Styles P, Eminem, Dr Dre, 50 Cent,  Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Jeffree Star, Sway DaSafo, Gwen Stefani, Lionel Richie, Wyclef Jean, Nelly, Young Jeezy, David Guetta, Pitbull, Flo Rida, The Lonely Island, ISSA
64.134.226.219 (talk) 01:25, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 16 February 2012 

message: Akon sang a Hindi song "You are my Chammak Challo" for a Bollywood movie Ra One.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.87.250 (talk) 23:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hindi Song 

message: It's odd there isn't anything about how most of Akon's stories of imprisonment were fabricated and that now the article is blocked from editing. It really isn't fair to people who do have "Controversy" sections in their uneditable articles. I read this after seeing him toss that kid and it's really pretty bizarre... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0416081akon1.html
I agree, it's pretty much Wikipedia tradition for celebrities to have a controversies (or similar) section, when there are controversies known. Hell just look at Noel Gallagher! --Tukogbani (talk) 16:44, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy Section 

message: Duhboom (talk) 14:26, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 20 October 2012