Akon has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges for throwing a teenage boy off stage during a performance in Fishkill, New York earlier this year. The 14 year-old that Akon tossed landed on a fan named Abby Rosa, who suffered a concussion as a result.

“It was never Akon’s intention to violate the law,” Akon’s manager Benjamin Brafman said in a written statement. “This unfortunate incident was a spontaneous reaction during a live concert that Akon deeply regrets.”

I thought the whole incident was staged, I guess I was wrong!

Just 8 months after called the Rutgers Women’s Basketball Team “nappy headed hos”, Shock Jock Don Imus is back on the airwaves.

As he did several times in the days after the episode, Imus condemned his controversial remark last spring and said he had learned his lesson. He even included two black commentators, Comedians Tony Powell and Karith Foster for the show; both will discuss race relations. Imus spoke on her second chance:

“I will never say anything in my lifetime that will make any of these young women at Rutgers regret or feel foolish that they accepted my apology and forgave me. And no one else will say anything on my program that will make anyone think I did not deserve a second chance.” [READ MORE]

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