Akon has teamed up with Vevo for a new episode of their ‘CTRL’ series, offering up a performance of his hit single ‘Locked Up.’ ...

Akon's grand plans to build a £4.3 billion futuristic city in Senegal have officially been scrapped five years after the singer promised to turn a remote stretch of West African coastline into a ...

With Freedom, Akon proves he hasn’t lost his knack for churning out mass-produced pop songs with an R&B flavor. While a few of the radio-released singles stand above the rest, the album as a whole is ...

(NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub.

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. "The Akon City project no longer exists ...

The Senegalese-American musician and millionaire Akon is still moving forward with his quixotic quest to build a city named - yes - “Akon City” in Senegal that will run on a cryptocurrency ...

Singer Akon’s plans for $6,000,000,000 futuristic ‘Wakanda’ city ditched Sara Odeen-Isbister Published July 4, 2025 5:42pm Updated July 4, 2025 6:08pm Comments ...

Holding a red velvet cupcake with white frosting and colored sprinkles, Akon stands atop an extended conference room table at Universal Records' New York headquarters. He's ecstatic.

Akon made headlines seven years ago when he first announced his plans to build Akon City on the 1977-acre land of Mbodiène, which is located by Senegal's Atlantic coast nearly 60 miles south of ...

A leaked recording of the two singing on Hold My Hand is hot property on YouTube. Bearing in mind the calibre of Akon’s 155 guest appearances on hit albums, you would have hoped for a more ...

(NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub.

Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told 4 July 2025 Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan Griffin BBC News ...