Akon Fans Go Crazy For Akon In Sierra Leone

Wow! You know who is Huge #1 Worldwide Pop Star? Akon. This is sort of a shame, since he bears a lot of responsibility for the radio-ruining plague that is Autotune’s popularity. I liked “Locked Up,” with Styles P, all those years ago. And “Soul Survivor” with Young Jeezy. But since then, Akon has done much more harm than good. Check out his recent cover of Shuggie Otis’ 1975 classic “Strawberry Letter 23,” and compare it the Brothers Johnson hit 1977 version and, even better, the original. Still, it’s always pretty cool to see this kind of Elvis-has-left-the-building, Beatlemania craziness take hold of a crowd of music fans.