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Has Akon lost the plot?
Akon
If we said Akon threw a fan off stage...would you believe it? Well it's true. And now police in New York want to speak to the fan.
Akon was performing at a concert in Fishkill when he lost his rag with a fan - it's thought he threw an object at the singer.

The video's all over the net showing the singer pick up the man, swing him across his shoulders and then chuck him into the crowd.

video  Watch the video on You Tube

Last month Akon had to apologise over a film of him pretending to have sex with a 15-year-old girl on stage at a gig in Trinidad. What's going on?
Seen the video? Has Akon lost the plot? Or is it all part of a good stage performance? Will this harm Akon's career?
 
Thank you for your comments. This debate is now closed. A selection of your emails is published below.


Adrian
Akon was right to restore order to the proceedings. What he did was in the context of his territory. The boy became infamous in being handled by Akon in this way.

dominic aka bfbob
i think that akon is a bad singer cus he sinds from de heart keep it real

Aaron Philip
What's funny is that people are defending this beahviour, if Marilyn Manson did this at agig he be in Jail already. Stage diving can kill, and the fans expect it. When soemoeone is unexpectedly hurled into the audience deaths are very likley, it would only take the boy landing on his head, or on someone else's head and this could have been a fatality.Not only that nbut you'll notice he throgh the boy into a group of woman, if it had been a group of men he would have been killed.

Tali
Akon is an idiot at the best of times. This just proves it!

Jesse
I think that Akon should not have to say sorry or anything else because the fan was probably to close or trying to get up on stage with Akon and he didn't like that so he threw him off I would too.

scamz tdm 07
i fink akon is buzzin 4 dat. dat boy shud neva av thrown fingz at him so e deserved wat he got respect akon

sam
as usual the media is creating a crisis out of nothing to make easy money. he did nothing more than what the whole audience was alraedy doing to this idiot, If the police choose to charge him because of media pressure then they must also charge the whole audience

Helen
Whats wrong with him? I need to watch that clip again to make a decission. Akon is a nice person, its not like him to be doing such thing to a kid, maybe he got too exited and only wants ladies up on the stage. Hard to tell.

jools
How dare akon, im sorry but that behaviour his totally unacceptable, imagine going to a concert and the artist takes u out from the crowd, then throws u back in the crowd where will it stop, I totally lost respect for the guy now. just p****ses me off when these artist carry on like this. Akon u r the weakest link goodbye.

Samuel
I think it was quite deep and uncalled for, clearly he wanted to shame the kid but could've gone about it differently... merking him verbally or something similar. What amuses me is that when you check out the video on youtube, it quickly turns into a race issue in the comments sections... jokes lol. Personally, I think Akon would've tried it on any guy provided they were small/light enough... 'cos boy, allow trying to merk someone hench like that.

Andy
Na that aint cool. if yo look on the other videos, where he throws him is mostly girls in the audience, so they aint going to be able to catch him and crould easily get hurt. He thinks he can do what he wants cos hes got security there. He dont look hard he just looks like a showoff, short tempered little baby.

little kath
I thought it was really funny more concerts should be like that,at least then we will get our moneys worth, lets see 50cent and the game throw each other in th crowd!!!that would be a concert worth watching!!!

d-boy
naa its fine its jus like crowd surfin or stage diving. looked pritty fun!

Orinoko Toko
Throw em all around, Akorn is a JuJitsu warrior, with a grimace to match Mr Echo. In fact Akon should start a RnB celeb show, "Throw that Fan" where artists compete to see who can lob a geeky little teenager the furthest. Stupid fans, he's singing all that stuff to make a coin, he dont want you near him. Plus his voice is akin to that of a gelded squirrell singing on a Jive Bunny mixtape. Tell YOU.

paul
I think its pretty funny to be fair. If I was gettin heckled or something worse at a show id do somethin like that. Maybe not throw them of a stage, but definatly address them in some way. I bet he wishes he didnt do it but u can see its for a laugh, no malice intended.

simon crisford
i think he threw him into all the girls because he knew they wernt going to cach him

Retorikal
Wow.. not just saying this because I find Akon's music overly annoying, but come on man! As an artist at the unexplainable level that he has some how managed to get at, this was very unprofessional! He should know better, you can't pick up crowd members and start chucking them about, after the 15yr-old girl incidnet he should have learned how to hold it down anyway. Man's getting a bit to big for his boots if you ask me!PS Lauren you need to open your eyes & stop sticking up for Akon, he should responsible adultGod bless & all da rest

Caramel Complexion
You would have thought Akon had learnt his lesson judging by his pervious concert in Trinidad with that fourteen year old girl. But know he decides to make a part two. What is he thinking? It’s such a shame if all this bad publicity tarnishes his rep DUE TO HIS BIG HEAD……………Although on the other hand the Guy that threw something @ him had it coming NOT QUITE WHAT I HAD IN MIND BUT SOMETHING

Sam2
There's another angle to this shot, also on YouTube. He throw him into the crowd, so it's ok, it's like a stage dive. He might not have been expecting it, and he might have got hurt it, so might the people he landed on. But I think he's alright. He just wanted to humiliate the guy a bit

megan
obviously da pressure has got to akon but i dont blame him, it jus human to react wen someone has done something towards you

raymondo
maybe AKON just doesn't like pretzels.Nice throw though.

Sylvia
He is out of control. First Danah Alleyne in Trinidad, now this. Also, Akon said he "doesn't think blood diamonds exist" - after he was given a diamond mine. He is despicable. Oh, and his music is rubbish.

Anna, B'ham
I don't even rate Akon. But in his defence I would say this: It's not like it's a big stadium stage. This is a stage set up in a park by the looks of it. So the man won't have dropped far. I've been to gigs where the artists are white and they throw themselves into the crowd. The fans throw themselves about. So what then? A black artist can't do that too?

Loren
He hasn't lost the plot? If someone throws something at my face while performing i would do something, Akon was patient!!! And the 15-yr-old girl seen, well maybe girls should start dressing their age then men wouldn't get so confused. Have you seen what parents let their girls wear these days!

Sam
an example of another artist with an over inflated ego, standard. He takes his shirt off before the incident as a display of bravado. It's a bit sickening. But the two questions I'd like answered are what had the guy done and was he hurt?

markimark69
the man is a D**K he shud be charged by police for assult if he did that in normal circumsatnces he wud be aresseted, lock him up with paris hilton. lol

Jay
I don't see the hype of this video. It wasnt that bad, to be honest the boy probably enjoyed his 2 seconds of fame.

derek
As the stage is his territory, I don't think the fan should of been there. He could of left it to the security to remove them, but as I can't view the video I can't make an informed comment.

spider
I duno...this is too good to be real!He power throws that guy so good he shud be in WWF! Ok he works out but that was one hell of a throw...or does he practice that with his personal trainer???Is this just a cool publicity stunt, is it really real? Is Akon That daft?If Akon Picked my up I'd be kicking and Wriggling like mad? Then again im not sure if Akon wud wana pick me up!Great!;)

dot
i think that is so out of order he sholud no better than that . Thanks to us we put him up in the lime light to be famouse how dare he do that .


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