Nearly one year ago, We reported that hip hop superstar Akon had 3 wives - and members of the mainstream press scoffed at us. Well now it looks like another news source is finally confirming our initial report. You see, according to the UK newspaper The Voice, one of Akon's wives-to-be has come forward to give an intimate glimpse into Akon's personal life.

In the interview, the woman a former Akademiks model named Rachel Ritfeld really puts Akon's business out in the streets. Below are a few excerpts from the interview.

On how Akon brought up the fact that he had other wives:

There was never any friction. Akon was honest with me about his multiple wives from the start, which never got in the way of our relationship because his wives live in various parts of the world, so I thought why fix it if it's not broken? But now I have had a complete change of heart.

I thought I could handle the idea of becoming one of his wives in the beginning but who's to say some other woman he meets won't capture his heart? I soon realized that he was not the man for me."

When she changed her mind about marrying Akon:

The reality check really came when Akon told me he had his fifth child with one of his wives. For the first few months I got completely freaked out because even though I knew he had other wives, I never really thought about him being with them because his main attention was always on me - or so I thought.

He does not live with his wives but the birth of his latest child made everything become real and made me realize that I would always have to share the man I love while accepting his other relationships.

On why she split up with Akon:

At first I was very supportive but I began to question that if I was taking him into consideration and he was taking his family into consideration, who was taking me into consideration? The answer was 'nobody' so I decided I could no longer be apart of Akon's world.

I'm not a bad person, I don't do anything to hurt anybody else so why can't I be one of those women who have a normal relationship and have a family? I want a man who thinks that I'm God's gift to creation and I can think the same of him"

He is only following his cultural and religious tradition and I had to decide whether I wanted to be a part of his customs. In the end I chose to walk away. I wish him all the best and I hope that we can still remain friends.

Ummmm.... we hate to be the one to bring this up. But isn't polygamy illegal in the U.S.???

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