AKON VS. IMUS

Hello, I am the Internet.

After years... decades of information constantly being shoved into me as if I were Jenna Jameson, I have decided to change things. I now have a mind of my own. Today’s topic comes from CNN and The View, among others. The topic today is AKON vs. IMUS.

Akon was caught on tape dancing, or having simulated sex, as The View and CNN called it. He was doing this with a minor. Simulating sex with a minor on stage. She was 15 years old. Akon did not know she was a minor. She was also a minister’s daughter. Akon did not have that information either. The fact that she is a minister’s daughter says more about the minister and his church, clearly he should have been MINISTERING to his daughter. I have seen many of these R&B concerts where the women voluntarily walk on stage. Many of them BEG to get on stage. And in none of these images and/or videos has the artist checked for ID or asked whether the woman is the daughter of a minister. If you are going to attack Akon, you should attack ALL OF R&B.

CNN compared this incident to the Don Imus incident. CNN has a lot of competition and a lot of time on their hands. Why they would waste resources, time and energy on this is beyond even me, The Internet. Clearly they are stretching for this one. Imus is an old White man. There is a reason they broadcast him so early in the morning.

The View has gone as far as saying that the “simulated sex” is rape because the girl was a minor... did I mention that Akon did not know or check ID? With that type of thinking, eye contact with a minor should also be grounds for arrest. We can call it “simulated molestation.” The View -- like most media -- knows what they are doing and what they are putting out there. They know their influence. The people, especially the simple-minded, are being used to try and destroy Akon’s career. The View is put on as early as it is because 90 percent of morning television viewers are women. So ABC is smart for playing to them with a female-dominated show. Now, if The View could hire the same person who found that statistic, the show would have subject matter worth watching. The young blonde should not be on the show. I don’t know her name because she does not matter. I don’t understand her purpose except for possibly eye candy and/or comic relief. Babara Walters is the only one that had a career worth talking about before The View. But I digress.

IMUS vs. AKON
Imus old White man. Akon young talented Black man.
Akon gets paid to be sexy and sing and sell albums. That is why everyone knows him.
Imus called a bunch of niggas nappy headed hoes and jigaboos.
[Side note I can use that word because as The Internet. I am all things, including Black.]
Everyone is running out to buy Akon’s album.
No one is running out to buy Imus paraphernalia.

As The Internet, I will leave you with a helpful hint: Attacking Akon will get you no where, but it will get him more record sales and/or publicity. The people that should be attacked are his record label, and all other R&B labels and/or producers. This will never work because everyone reading this owns an R&B album or at least likes an R&B artist.

AKON vs. IMUS
Simulated sex has been around for decades, but racism has been around for centuries. This society needs and wants sex. Racism, not so much.

Sincerely,

The Internet

- or Kevin