Akon Talks Slain Protege Dolla At Anti-Gun Violence Meeting

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Akon spoke about the dangers of gun violence and made reference to his fallen protégé Dolla at a meeting with students in Poughkeepsie, New York, yesterday, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. The event was part of Akon's community service sentence that he received after throwing a fan off the stage at a 2007 concert, but it couldn't come at a more prevalent time: Eleven days ago, Dolla, an Atlanta rapper who was signed to Akon's Konvict Music label, was shot and killed outside a Los Angeles shopping mall.


A man named Aubrey Berry was arrested soon after Dolla's murder and charged with two counts of assault with a firearm and one count of murder. Berry faces life in prison if convicted. As Rock Daily reported last week, Berry's lawyer Howard K. Price claims his client acted in self-defense, stating, "If somebody has a reasonable perception that he is in danger of bodily injury or death, he has a right to defend himself." Price added that his client thought Dolla was reaching for a handgun when Berry fired at the rapper. However, no other weapons were found at the crime scene.

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