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Akon has been in his fair share of trouble lately, what with all the simulating sex on stage with minors and tossing fans to the pavement. Most recently, the singer's after after party at his $800-dollar-per-night suite in London's K-West hotel was shut down by the cops. "All my parties are wild," he said. This much we figured.

However, Akon is laying all that to rest. He recently wrote an apology song for the stage incident involving a 14-year-old girl at his April 14 show in Trinidad. In addition, the singer is also siding with Russell Simmons to clean up the derogatory words used in hip-hop and R&B songs. "I think we are talented enough to write lyrics for songs without using that type of language," he said. "I think it's a positive thing for the positivity of hip-hop in general."

Further telltale signs of Akon's personal expansion are his much-desired musical collaborations. "I'd love to work with Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and Good Charlotte would (also) be cool," he recently told NME. Gwen Stefani, Beyonce and even Paris Hilton were also name-checked.