{"id":512365,"date":"2022-11-19T04:13:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T01:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/akon-thinks-chris-browns-alleged-gang-ties-stopped-him-from-being-next-michael-jackson\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T04:13:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T01:13:24","slug":"akon-thinks-chris-browns-alleged-gang-ties-stopped-him-from-being-next-michael-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-thinks-chris-browns-alleged-gang-ties-stopped-him-from-being-next-michael-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"#Akon Thinks Chris Brown\u2019s Alleged Gang Ties Stopped Him From Being Next Michael Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325ced55a0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325ced55a0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-thinks-chris-browns-alleged-gang-ties-stopped-him-from-being-next-michael-jackson\/#%E2%80%9CAkon_Thinks_Chris_Browns_Alleged_Gang_Ties_Stopped_Him_From_Being_Next_Michael_Jackson%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Akon Thinks Chris Brown\u2019s Alleged Gang Ties Stopped Him From Being Next Michael Jackson&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAkon_Thinks_Chris_Browns_Alleged_Gang_Ties_Stopped_Him_From_Being_Next_Michael_Jackson%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Akon Thinks Chris Brown\u2019s Alleged Gang Ties Stopped Him From Being Next Michael Jackson&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/akon-thinks-chris-brown-gang-affiliations-prevented-being-next-michael-jackson-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Akon Thinks Chris Brown\u2019s Alleged Gang Ties Stopped Him From Being Next Michael Jackson\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span>Dave Simpson\/WireImage | Michael Caulfield\/Getty Images | Kevin Mazur\/WireImage<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Akon thinks Chris Brown could have been this generation\u2019s Michael Jackson, but that his alleged gang ties have prevented him from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday (November 14), the \u201cSoul Survivor\u201d singer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on the latest episode of Shannon Sharpe\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JJFO8NHNp4M\"><em>Club Shay Shay<\/em> podcast<\/a>, and the topic of MJ came up. Akon noted that the only entertainer even coming close to his legacy would have been Breezy \u2013 had it not been for the people he surrounded himself with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn this day and age, the only person, in my opinion, that could\u2019ve achieved just as great of a legacy as [Michael Jackson], to me, would\u2019ve been Chris Brown,\u201d Akon told the NFL Hall of Fame tight end. \u201cI just believe that Chris Brown wasn\u2019t surrounded by the circle of creative people that Mike was surrounded by. Because Chris got the talent, he just needed the direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to elaborate, noting that the \u201cgangbangers\u201d in Brown\u2019s circle weren\u2019t able to harness his talent like Mike\u2019s team did with him.\u00a0\u201cImagine if Chris had Mike\u2019s team? Just imagine that,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt would be something different. But Chris, he got Bloods around him, he got little gangbangers around him. He don\u2019t have the guidance. He\u2019s smart, but he\u2019s smart according to what this generation\u2019s \u2018smart\u2019 attracts.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Akon believes Chris Brown could\u2019ve been the next Michael Jackson but explains why it didn\u2019t happen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrtRbadHkK\">pic.twitter.com\/vrtRbadHkK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonSharpe\/status\/1593385339732697088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown has drawn comparisons to Michael Jackson for years, and has always cited the iconic singer as one of his biggest influences. Fivio Foreign, 50 Cent and even Justin Bieber are among the public figures who have called CB the Michael of his time (or \u201cbetter,\u201d in 50\u2019s case) but the \u201cUnder The Influence\u201d crooner feels he\u2019s still \u201clightyears\u201d behind his idol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy personal take on it is I wouldn\u2019t even be breathing or even be able to sing a song if that man didn\u2019t exist,\u201d Brown said of the comparisons during an interview on <em>Big Boy\u2019s Neighborhood <\/em>earlier this year. \u201cI don\u2019t know if they look at it as a Jordan-Kobe thing, but I couldn\u2019t even look at it. He\u2019s lightyears ahead. There is no competing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for his alleged gang ties, the rumors have long persisted that Chris Brown is affiliated with the Bloods \u2013 flames he\u2019s fanned himself with [since-deleted] videos throwing up Fruit Town Piru gang signs and using words like \u201cbracking\u201d on his posts. However, he\u2019s never outright claimed the affiliation, and previously denied involvement when directly asked during an <em>MTV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/em> interview with Sway Calloway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in LA and you\u2019re around people, you meet everybody \u2014 you meet Crips, you meet Bloods, especially in this industry that I\u2019m in,\u201d CB said in the 2014 interview. \u201cI\u2019m not in the Country world. I\u2019m not in the all-the-way Pop world. You in Hip Hop and R&amp;B and all of that meshes together, especially when you\u2019re in these events or these places where everybody can be there. I\u2019m cordial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in his chat with Shannon Sharpe, Akon expressed regret at giving Jeezy\u00a0the song \u201cSoul Survivor,\u201d saying it could have been his own hit record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne record that I gave away that I felt. \u2018Damn. I shoulda kept\u2019 was \u2018Soul Survivor,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI gave it and I said, \u2018Man, I shoulda kept this record, God!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2005 single off Jeezy\u2019s <em>Let\u2019s Get It: Thug Motivation 101<\/em> album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would go on to become one of The Snowman\u2019s biggest hits.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Marisa Mendez\">by Marisa Mendez<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/akon-chris-brown-gang-ties-stopped-him-becoming-next-michael-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Akon Thinks Chris Brown\u2019s Alleged Gang Ties Stopped Him From Being Next Michael Jackson&#8221; Dave Simpson\/WireImage | Michael Caulfield\/Getty Images | Kevin Mazur\/WireImage Akon thinks Chris Brown could have been this generation\u2019s Michael Jackson, but that his alleged gang ties have prevented him from doing so. On Monday (November 14), the \u201cSoul Survivor\u201d singer appeared&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":512366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/akon-thinks-chris-brown-gang-affiliations-prevented-being-next-michael-jackson-1200x675.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}