PRISON INSPIRES AKON'S SINGING CAREER

Last updated: Friday, December 8, 2006

PRISON INSPIRES AKON'S SINGING CAREER

R+B star AKON was inspired to start a career in music after a three year prison stint for grand theft auto.

Akon at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Garden Arena. Las Vegas, Nevada- 04.12.06

The SMACK THAT singer was raised in a musical home thanks to his father, jazz percussionist MOR THIAM, but ended up hanging around with a rough crowd.

However the 33-year-old says his prison sentence helped him realise he needed to turn his life around.

He explains, "Getting locked up is what influenced me to change. It was more of a blessing.

"Then when I got out I was like, 'Okay, I got all these (songs) I wrote when I was in there. I need to record 'em!"

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Source: WENN

| Friday, December 8, 2006

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