Followers have not too long ago reacted to recording artist Akon admitting that his brother, Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam, was employed to carry out as his double throughout a present he couldn’t attend.
Akon admitted that he used to make use of his brother Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam as his double when he couldn’t make it to a present.
Rap Reality: Akon admits to utilizing his brothers as physique doubles when he was overbooked on exhibits ‼️ pic.twitter.com/N38FhWIOfh
— RapTV (@Rap) October 11, 2022
The singer and entrepreneur admitted the act throughout an interview on The Morning Hustle when he was requested concerning the claims made by recording artist T-Ache earlier within the yr.
“Let me clear some issues up so everyone knows, Bu was my double. He was my double. This was earlier than the web. For those who noticed Abou in a single place and also you noticed me, you couldn’t inform the distinction.”
When Akon first started touring, he says Bu truly began out as his hype man.
However Akon finally needed to cross on exhibits on account of time conflicts and got here up with what he considered as the proper short-term answer.
“I used to be like, ‘Man, all this cash I’m leaving on the desk. We can not go away all this cash on the desk,” he laughed.
So far as singing goes, Akon says his brother didn’t have that job lined.
In the course of the period through which Akon and his brother would carry out these stunts, the one means the viewers may inform the distinction was that Bu wore hats and Akon wouldn’t, in keeping with the singer.
Whereas the state of affairs could also be previous, it not too long ago resurfaced as many took to Twitter, sharing their ideas on the entire ordeal.
Attention-grabbing. So did I interview the precise Akon final yr? https://t.co/Fx3n6IMz8S
— Canary Mugume (@CanaryMugume) October 12, 2022
Think about considering you booked Akon however it was A CON the entire time https://t.co/A8unFGzdyN
— tytylerty (@tyjamespoetry) October 13, 2022
Akon is formally the very best African scammer since these Nigerian Prince emails https://t.co/SY09UxjCcW
— Chuck Taylor (@BoozeBlogsChuck) October 11, 2022
Akon additionally joked that his brother, Omar, tried the identical factor as soon as with out his permission.
“That was in all probability the funniest a part of our lives,” he recalled.
