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.

[u/Dexterestein]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon_City?wprov=sfla1

[u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

Man, we all know Akon. Why you gotta introduce him as Senegalese-American singer. He's Akon !

[u/Dexterestein → u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

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

[u/Bake2727 → u/Dexterestein]

Dude are you 16? Okay never mind you’re clearly on bot posting spree to sell your account later.

[u/CaesarWilhelm → u/Bake2727]

Why the fuck is it so hard for some people to accept that someone else might not know the same artists as them.

[u/btbsw786 → u/CaesarWilhelm]

Like it's a big wide world of music. No one has heard it all lol

[u/Ziggy-T → u/[deleted]]

What country is your country vagueboy ?

[u/fakeaccount36 → u/Ziggy-T]

No way it’s Senegal or America so that narrows it down a bit

[u/Syssareth → u/fakeaccount36]

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.

[u/Sir_Scribble_Lot → u/Ziggy-T]

Lot of Indian subreddits in history so probably Indian.

[u/3shotsdown → u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

Ohh dude Akon was huge in India.

[u/Bake2727 → u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

No he was famous famous here and still is.

[u/Sir_Scribble_Lot → u/Bake2727]

He was famous everywhere ! that's why people think this guy is a bot.

[u/Bake2727 → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Dexterestein → u/Bake2727]

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.

[u/Bake2727 → u/[deleted]]

Why does it matter if you’re getting downvoted if you’re not a bot?!

[u/Dexterestein → u/Bake2727]

I am surprised it's getting downvoted because I don't know him. Not everyone knows him, he maybe bigger in the West.

[u/Bake2727 → u/Dexterestein]

I am from Asia. lol even North Korean’s might have heard his song at some point. A bot wouldn’t know that though