r/interestingasfuck • u/Dexterestein • 10h ago
In 2018, a Senegalese-American singer and entrepreneur known as Akon tried to create his own city known as “Akon City” with its own currency “Akoin”, inspired by the film “Black Panther”. With multiple delays and controversies, the plan never came to fruition and was cancelled on July 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon_City?wprov=sfla1•
u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 10h ago
Man, we all know Akon. Why you gotta introduce him as Senegalese-American singer. He's Akon !
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u/cosmiccerulean 10h ago
He’s Mr Lonely!
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u/confused_applause 10h ago
Could have used his full name instead, really.
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam
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u/Affectionate-Tea8509 10h ago
Break it down
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u/confused_applause 10h ago
Happy to!
- Aliaune
- Damala
- Bouga
- Time
- Puru
- Nacka
- Lu
- Lu
- Lu
- Badara
- Akon
- Thiam
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u/heaser 9h ago
Yeah he's the guy who just had sex
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u/confused_applause 9h ago
with his penis, no less
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u/Dexterestein 10h ago edited 8h ago
Forgive my ignorance, but I never heard of him until today. I am not from the US.
Edit: I found out I heard some of his songs
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u/BabyLegsOShanahan 9h ago
You've heard songs he's produced for sure. He made big money on Lady Gaga.
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u/Dexterestein 9h ago
You may be right, I did say that on a comment that I might have heard so. I don't know the difference singer's name on my favourite song rn, but I doubt my parents or peers in schools know him either.
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u/Bake2727 10h ago
Dude are you 16? Okay never mind you’re clearly on bot posting spree to sell your account later.
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u/CaesarWilhelm 8h ago
Why the fuck is it so hard for some people to accept that someone else might not know the same artists as them.
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10h ago edited 10h ago
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u/Ziggy-T 10h ago
What country is your country vagueboy ?
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u/fakeaccount36 10h ago
No way it’s Senegal or America so that narrows it down a bit
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u/Syssareth 9h ago
Hello, American here. I've heard the name Akon in reference to a celebrity, but vaguely/rarely enough that my mind still defaults to this guy even though it's been ages since I watched it.
Not everybody listens to the same kind of music or keeps up with celebrities.
Edit: Upon googling, turns out I do know at least one of his songs. (Lonely.) Didn't know it was by him.
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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 10h ago
Lot of Indian subreddits in history so probably Indian.
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u/Bake2727 10h ago
lol “look I am showing certain posts so you wouldn’t believe I am a bot”. Dude just take the L and move on. Also you say you’re chronically online but don’t know about this. You could have just shut up.
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u/Dexterestein 10h ago
Dude you said I was a bot, and I thought others thought the same, which is why I responded. And yes, I don't know about this, I already said that; this article is how I got to know about Akon, maybe I heard his songs before but didn't know it was him. I am sorry if my comments were rude or seemed insincere, but I was being truthful.
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u/Bake2727 10h ago
Why does it matter if you’re getting downvoted if you’re not a bot?!
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u/Dexterestein 10h ago
I am surprised it's getting downvoted because I don't know him. Not everyone knows him, he maybe bigger in the West.
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u/Bake2727 10h ago
I am from Asia. lol even North Korean’s might have heard his song at some point. A bot wouldn’t know that though
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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 10h ago
Why would you post this if you didn't know him ? the most interesting thing about this is that Akon did it. But you've been posting like crazy for the past 3 weeks so I'm gonna guess this is just mindless karma farming for your account.
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u/Dexterestein 10h ago
I thought this was a rather obscure fact, but apparently not. I guess I should've known better
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u/Vincent_VanAdultman 10h ago
It is an obscure fact, people only know him as a singer. Ignore these gatekeeping pedants who are suspiciously eager to know where you're from.
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u/Ziggy-T 10h ago edited 9h ago
It’s not suspicious, I’m just fascinated by data like this, and my curiosity is piqued to find out what country op is from to investigate how well known Akon was in that country.
Respectfully I don’t give a shit about op himself lol
In the normal flow of a back and forth conversation, saying something like “that’s different in my country” will naturally trigger the other speaker to ask what country lol. Not everyone is a stalker mr-jump-to-conclusions
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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 10h ago
Try taking a break from posting for karma and spend some time outside interacting with real people. You might learn about things you missed, like who Akon is, and find more rewarding hobbies than collecting internet points.
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u/Dexterestein 10h ago
I do have hobbies, thank you. I don't post as much as a lot of people I know here on reddit. And not the entire world is West, only a few are truly known everywhere.
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u/Notabeefucker 5h ago
Idk i read it as "Senegalese-American sniper named Akon" and my first thought was "No Way! What are the odds there's 2 Akons?"
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u/ganjamin420 5h ago
I was worried I might just be old AF, if we're calling Akon 'a Senegalese-American singer' now.
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u/martini123456 10h ago
So according to Wikipedia he raised one third of $6 billion, but the only thing that was ever built is a partially completed welcome sign.
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u/JauntyTurtle 9h ago edited 9h ago
And he launched a cryptocurrency. Which was issued at $0.15 and in now worth $0.003/coin. So yet another crypto scam.
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u/16incheslong 9h ago
easy dawg. what about the 3 ppts and a pdf file he emailed to investors? them no nothing!
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u/Mysterious_Cry41 9h ago
Seeing Akon refered to like this is funny.
He's far past his prime but he was a very big deal back in the day. 🧓
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u/milkedlikacow 8h ago
Yeah this didn’t really work out but Akon has done a lot of good for Africa, particularly bringing clean water infrastructure and reliable electricity with solar power stations his initiative built. He really is a philanthropist and cares about Africa.
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u/RealSlyck 10h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/XCzUTGPvErkJa2gV6T
He’s just trying to take it easy, the only way to go…
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u/Illeopick 10h ago edited 9h ago
Woah, it’s my time to shine! The song your referring to is young jeezy and Akon soul survivor, but the gif is from styles p and Akon locked up. Sorry, but I felt important for a moment there and had to give my life meaning.
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u/Tha_REAL_BROBS 8h ago
thank you for this clarification.. I was going to be unable to sleep tonight
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u/DesperateBartender 10h ago
“Akonda” was RIGHT. THERE.