slate.com — R&B singer Akon is an unlikely superstar. He was born in St. Louis to Senegalese immigrant parents, and it's a safe bet that no previous Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper is a native Wolof speaker with a given name like Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam.
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r00tr0tMay 15, 2007
This political correctness is getting out of hand. There is a poll about this on sodahead.com/poll/2892 where you can see how people are voting on this issue.