Senegalese musician Akon was shocked when his hero, Michael Jackson, escorted him on their first outing in his pyjamas. Akon told the Daily Star: ?He actually took me to the movies with him and that was an experience.

?I was like: ?Are you going out like that?? He was in his pyjamas and I was waiting to see if he was going to change.

?He grabs a scarf and puts it around his head, then he grabs the kids and puts a scarf around their heads, so I grab a scarf and put it around my head and off we go.?

Akon?s third album ?Acquitted? —the follow up to ?Trouble? and ?Konvicted? —was released in May this year.

He added: ?The album name is a progression from ?Trouble? and ?Konvicted?. It represents my progression as an artist too. ?This is the album where I reveal parts of me that people never knew.? The ?Smack That? singer is already working on his new project. He said: ?The next album will be called ?Double Jeopardy?. Eventually I want to do a country album, as musically I feel there isn?t much left to be covered.?