just a neccesary step to make sure he is legally recognised as such,"
said an insider close to the star.
The 39-year-old has also filed for joint custody of the two children
born in 2008 and 2009 so that he can have a role in their life and
provide child support.
Requesting that the boys keep his surname, Thiam, he also requested
that his two sons be eligible to inherit from him and be protected
from the media.
Akon recently filed court documents last month requesting that he
becomes the legal dad of the two children he fathered following a
romance with Ugandan Susan Owori while on tour in Africa.