Konvict labelhead Akon has addressed the recent murder of his artist Roderick “Dolla” Burton during an anti-gun speech this week in New York.
Speaking to a crowd of students, the rapper described the misguided image of guns and violence.
“He was a great kid, he didn't deserve it,” Akon said of the 21-year-old Dolla, who was in Los Angeles to work on his first album A Dolla & A Dream. “The reason he got shot was probably the most miscellaneous thing ever. It's to a point now where we're always trying to find ways to deal with our issues, deal with all these main challenges which is very hard, especially when we're surrounded by an environment that don't really have morals.” Akon, who has been accused of embellishing his own criminal past, also called the murder “a very senseless crime.” (Rolling Stone) (more...)