Looks like all that bad publicity has finally forced the homie Akon to release an apology. In a statement released Wednesday (May 9) to The Associated Press, Akon said he was sorry for the incident, but also said he didn’t know the girl was underage.
“I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I’ve caused to the young woman who joined me onstage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert,” Akon said.
“It was never my intention to embarrass or take advantage of my fans in any way, especially those under the age of 18. That is why we tried to make sure that the club did not admit anyone under 18 in the audience,” he said. “Somehow, that standard was not met.”
Since the incident, Verizon has pulled out as a sponsor of his tour with Gwen Stefani, for whom he wrote the hit “The Sweet Escape.”
The standards weren’t met? Regardless he shouldn’t be treating ANY woman like a ragdoll.
I’m mad I just posted that on the last post and ya’ll took in down!
I love y’all
But yeh it’s about time!
I am still mad at the parents of this girl. They have made all kinds of excuses for her behavior.
i don’t feel sorry for that girl because she was in the wrong. she was in an 18 and older club, and she was grinded on him to..it’s all fun and games until somebody gets caught. keep ur head up akon
You give a chick the ride of her life and then she turns it over to God. Who would’ve thought. I guess God does work in mysterious ways. Can I get a witness?
I think this won’t effect Akon that much after the dust settles. He really thought she was legal so…
Even though he shouldn’t have been treating any woman like that, how the hell was he suppose to know that fast ass little girl was only 14? I don’t think it was necessary for him to apologize for that. He SHOULD be apologizing to women in general.
BLAH. Anywyas i also heard that Verizon has also removed all of Akon’s ringtones..interesting..
no excuse he shouldn’t do that to any woman he is not in the bush in africa anymore
J. Lewis you are so crazy!
I think he should have said sorry, I think she might of really been injured. Her head was hitting the ground hard.
Oh please he’s now making a fucking statement. I think he should have found out how old the chick was prior to grinding and humping on her. I still think he is nasty and perverted I will never look at him the same way again!SMH
Sorry but what dose smh stand for?
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT AKON SHOULD BE RELEASING A STATEMENT OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM VERIZON BECAUSE PARENTS CAN NOT KEEP THEIR FAST ASS CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE!!! I AM TOTALLY BEHIND AKON!
“no excuse he shouldn’t do that to any woman he is not in the bush in africa anymore”
This kind of thing can happen anywhere not just in Africa. Both my parents were born in Ghana and I’ve never seen someone act as ranchy as Akon did. So yeah.
BESIDES….SHE LET AKON TAKE HER ON A FREE, BUMPY, & ROUGH TRIP TO AFRICA
hahaha ranchy….
@ l1 shaking my head or shakes my head
IT IS NOT HIS FAULT…WHEN U PUT URSELF OUT THERE LIKE THAT THEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS…I DONT FAULT HIM…B/C I KNOW AT AGE 14-15 REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION WOULD NOT LET ME OUT THE HOUSE HALF DRESSED B/C HAD IT NOT BEEN AKON HER FAST ASS PROBABLY WOULDNT HAVE SAID ANYTHING..IF ANYTHING SHE NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LAZY ASS LAP DANCE SHE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE…DIDNT LOOK LIKE SHE WAS BEING TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHEN SHE WAS DRY SEXING HIM AND GYRATING ALL OVER HIS PENIS…SO WHATEVER
whatever club he was performing at must don’t check ID real good
Akon ain’t sorry for what had happened i think he sorry that someone recorded that junk
now he want to issue an apology statement he just did that cuz Verizon done dropped his behind…if it wasn’t for them doing him like that then he probably would not have even said he was sorry
people with money boy i tell ya
MAN PLEASE…IT IS NOT HIS FAULT…WHEN U PUT URSELF OUT THERE LIKE THAT THEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS…I DONT FAULT HIM…B/C I KNOW AT AGE 14-15 REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION WOULD NOT LET ME OUT THE HOUSE HALF DRESSED B/C HAD IT NOT BEEN AKON HER FAST ASS PROBABLY WOULDNT HAVE SAID ANYTHING..IF ANYTHING SHE NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LAZY ASS LAP DANCE SHE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE…DIDNT LOOK LIKE SHE WAS BEING TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHEN SHE WAS DRY SEXING HIM AND GYRATING ALL OVER HIS PENIS…SO WHATEVER
#14- I don’t think anyone is dismissing the fact that the girl should not have been there at all BUT I do believe Verizon was right in pulling out the plug because of the way he treated her. I mean seriously! It doesn’t matter if the girl was 14 or 40. You just don’t treat someone like that.
Off subect: I can only imagine what everyone would say if Akon was white.
SHE COULD HAVE STOPPED HIM..SHE HAS A VOICE
****CORRECTION MY PARENTS WOULD LET ME OUT THE HOUSE DRESSED LIKE THAT
@J LEWIS
Bruh, you aint lying, I know so many chicks that’s always been hoes, then they wanna find God! Trick please, once a hoe, always a hoe!
And to Akon.. come on man.. you in America.. chicks are scandalous main.. you gotts to literally make a chick produce a drivers license and birth certificate before getting down to square biz! Do like Dave Chappelle said in one of his skits.. Make em sign a contract that they are a willing participant to what’s about to go down!!
Petty Ass Verizon! But that’s fucked up how they put Gwen in the mix…
Where were the girl’s parents and WHY was she dressed like a $10 hooker??? I mean, she’s 14 for Goodness sake!!
WTF? Why is he fucking apologizing? It wasn’t his fault.
Why is he apologizing? He didn’t do anything wrong! Him choosing to bump and grind on stage is his buisness. He cannot be responsible for this girl who clearly shouldn’t have had her tail at this event. What was he supposed to do? Ask for ID before they come on stage? Come on now.
im sorry but i dont see where akon was in the wrong. the parents are the blame for letting her out the house looking like a slut. she has no home training, especially for a preachers daughter, to be in places like that. and verizon is wrong for dropping him. they need to drop the rates on my cell fone bill.
I agree with a few of the other comments. I dont think he was in the wrong. Maybe for bouncing her around like a ragdoll but ,how was he to know she was a child at an event that was suppose to be for adults?
I though there were some bitter ass women on this blog shhhiiiiiiitttt ..I think there may be a neck to neck race with some of these men on here.
hes gross
Oh please……..that girl liked it. Look at the way she’s pulling on his belt in the pic!
How was he supposed to know she was 14.
Akon didn’t make anyone do anything they didn’t want to. If women are willingly participating to grind on his nasty a**, then that’s their problem.
Why is she pulling his belt. That girl wanted it and now she acting all inncocent.
Look at her pulling his belt, pulling him up to her butt
Okay so now I’m confused… Don’t get me wrong, I am in no way a fan of Akon but… How is it that he loses his sponsorship with Verizon for mearely dancing inappropriately with a minor (whom he did not even know was a minor), while R. Kelly was caught on tape having sex with and peeing on a girl about the same age as this chick (whom he knew was underage)… I mean if R. Kelly can continue to “make it rain”, “flirt”, and mess with the “same girl” with no consequence then why all the harshness on Akon? I’m just saying…
This is strictly my opinion so please don’t e-bash me, lol!
That’s not fair like the pp said he shouldn’t have 2 apologize or be dropped from verizon. That lil fast hoe was in an adult club fronting like she was grown. That’s not right. It wouldn’t have been no drama if she was grown.
*merely*
although both of their behavior was absolutely disgusting that stupid little girl should not have gotten an apology.she was not sorry when she got into the club and i sure she was not forced onto the stage.
I got respect for Akon, one of the REAL artists out there imo, I dunno why he did what he did but an apology coming outta him is good enuf for me
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OMG this whore has him all over her myspace
http://www.myspace.com/trinideena
that’s tha chick from the concert i bet her daddy aint seen that.
not to mention she is proud of it, and her breast fell out and she still got the pics up on her page, she do not look 14, her page says she is 16
i’m wit hot chili pepper & kmniles
it aint his fault, i aint no fan, but i dont think hes not in the wrong
plenty of artists take the audience for rides lol
melissa i hope u get a discount in the near future lol
That is one dangerous lying little bitch that is putting Akon in a whole heap of trouble.She is partly to blame as well she is too hot in the ass!
Whatever.
this nigga wooed girls in tryna dry hump for a trip to africa…he need to apologize with his burnt lookin biscuit ass! sounds like a desperate measure
Yeah well Verizon need to see that girls myspace. that’s rediculous. My momma would have whooped my ass.
THANK YOU VERIZON FOR HAVING WHAT MOST COMPANIES CAN’T SPELL…ETHICS!
AS FOR AKON, YOU ARE NASTY AND PATHETIC! WOULD YOU TREAT YOUR SENEGALESE WOMEN THEY WAY YOU TREATED THIS STUPID CHILD? SAD PART IS YOU PROBABLY WOULD…ARTISTS LIKE YOU KEEP THE STEREOTYPES OF THE BLACK MALE ALIVE…SHAME SHAME SHAME
That is NOT that girls real myspace page. Gullible ass people…
That little trick is a slut but his ugly ass shouldn’t do that to anybody. Right on Verizon, protect your money.
Verizon pullin out was a friggin easy cop out~
Who cares. Throw his ass in jail, his music is terrible and his voice is even worse.
That is not Her real myspace page this stupid idiot named Ken made the page up. So don’t believe the hype!! Anyway, I don’t think that Verizon should have dropped Akon and not only is it affecting Akon, but also Gwen, she lost $1 million cuz of this bull sh*t. Look at what a a loose 14 yr. old can do. I say blame the parents and sue their asses for damages. Some people just have no control of their own damn kids…pitifull such a shame.
I see we got some Akon haters I mean his latest single is freakin annoying but he’s still a cool artist. I think the girl should be the one apologizing. And you females need to stop actin like you wouldnt have done the same thing that girl did. No one forced her to do it. She knew what she was doing.
#50
i wouldnt do dat to a trip to africa….fuck that! women aint got respect for self these days, but not all women would do what that child did, and if they did, it would b in private
bullshit. if the girl was grown and she agreed to go up to the stage and participate in it you can’t get mad at him cuz yaw women know that if you could have your way with any man you wanted you’d bring his ass on stage too. it’s not his fault cuz i couldn’t tell that girl was underage either. women are the BIGGEST hypocrites
SHAME THE DEVIL AKON!!!!
Thats the point you aren’t going to know if they are over 18 or not and if they ask them the girls are going to lie anyway, so cover yourself and don’t pull any females with you onstage. I mean people are going to see him for the music not his dancing.
If he and his people had any sense they would have issued a statement ASAP just to cover themselves, cause when you have sponsors you don’t know how they may react.
for those talkin about he shouldn’t be treating a woman that way….over there in the west indies…..dats how they dance
http://www.myspace.com/divatrixie
her real myspace…….notice the age
I think most people are upset at the general disrespect. I watched the whole tape. The mere fact that he would treat ANY one like a blow up doll says a whole lot about him.
The issues with the girl are besides the point. Even if she liked it, loved it, begged for some more, he’s still wrong. No, the girl should not have been in the club. Of course her parents are going to defend her. That’s their daughter and people are trashing her. Of course they are going to come to her defense. I’m sure she got quite the ass beating at home. That’s why she looks so sad in those pictures with her and her daddy. I’m also sure her ass will be on lockdown at home.
VERIZON didn’t want that darkie rep’n them anyway. Akon is still makin’ the dollaz, unfortunately it looks like he’s taking a walk down R. KELLY ROAD on his way to the bank.
J. LEWIS – I LOVE THE HELL OUT OF YOUR NEW AVATAR! I WAS GOING TO PICK THAT, BUT YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!
Amen #33, AMEN.
I guess Dave Chapelle has to make fun of the incident for everyone to turn a blind eye. Laugh it off y’all. I wonder if people would really give as much of a shit if the girl was 24 or something.
Akon is gross, this we know. So is Snoop, so are tons of other “entertainers”.
Yes regardless of her age he SHOULDN’T be throwin any female all over the stage like that Yes she looks like a fast lil girl and everybody can say she deserves it for attending and dressing like that BUT he shouldn’t be actin like an animal don’t he have 3 wives 4 that?!!! If nobody thinks that Akon wasn’t disrespecing women when he did that I don’t know what this world is coming 2!! Yes I know alot of R&B artist hump the floor at their shows or give a lil lap dance or drop their pants (usher I was a lil girl at that show Lol) But I think Akon gotta lil rough wit it & crossed a line!! But I don’t think Verizon shoulda dropped him and pulled outta the tour with Gwen! I think Verizon got a lil scared!!