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Chrishayden
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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:52 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0416081akon1.html

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Yvettep
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Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:16 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Interesting. Any doubt, behind stories like this, who the intended demographic is for similar artists?
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Chrishayden
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Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 12:08 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The pop music demographic--kids from 12-13 to 18 is probably most directly targeted--but of course it is probably anybody who likes gangsta rap music.

Anybody with a brain knows that everybody in show biz is fakin' it--straight people act gay, gay people act straight, dope addicts act like churchgoers, city boys act like they came from the country. It's all about image.

He's not doing anything Francis Albert Sinatra didn't do.
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Cynique
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Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 01:13 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Gee, Akon's fans must feel like kids who find out the tooth fairy doesn't exist.
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Chrishayden
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Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 01:25 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

By now everbody is hip to it.

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