As parts of Africa battle a grave Ebola crisis, rapper Akon performed in Democratic Republic of Congo \u2014 inside of a giant hamster ball.<\/p>\n
Twitter users have accused the hip hop star of donning the bubble during Sunday’s concert in Goma as a means of protecting himself from the virus that’s killed more than 3,000 people.<\/p>\n
But Akon probably wasn’t protecting himself from the deadly disease. He has used the giant orb at a number of concerts, including 2010 gigs in Australia and Dubai \u2014 four years and thousands of miles away from the 2014 Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n
The ball makes crowd surfing easier, and the “Smack That” rhymer only wore it while tumbling through the audience, not during his on-stage performance.<\/p>\n
Akon has not commented on the matter.<\/p>\n
Still, the bubble stunt hasn’t stopped fans’ fury about the alleged Ebola-prevention tactic.<\/p>\n
“The organisers of that concert need to whooped. So protect Akon, the crowd can share Ebola amongst themselves for all u care,” one Twitter user vented.<\/p>\n
Others light-heartedly joked about the massive orb.<\/p>\n
“I need that ball Akon was rolling in to avoid catching ebola,” another Twitter user wrote. “I’m going to work in it!!”<\/p>\n
The major 2014 Ebola outbreak is centered in three West African countries: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 7,100 cases have been reported in those countries and 3,330 of those were deadly.<\/p>\n
A second, smaller outbreak has sickened 70 in Democratic Republic of Congo. Forty-two people have died in the Central African country.<\/p>\n
Akon was born in Missouri, but spent much of his childhood in Senegal, a west African country he calls him “hometown.”<\/p>\n
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