Akon Speaks About the Smoking Gun Article

Akon decided to wait til the hype died down since the smoking gun reported that his past criminal history was made up. Akon recently spoke with MTV and he had this to say...

"We're doing so many positive things," he continued. "To go back and focus and put energy on negative things like that, to try to discredit an artist, it makes no sense to me. If there was a motive for it, it would be worth entertaining. I'd rather keep it the way it is and leave the article out there. It only helps me. It's not something I was trying to glorify or turn back to. It was something I was trying to forget. Actually, it worked out for me in a positive way."