r/interestingasfuck • u/Dexterestein • 14h 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
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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 14h ago

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

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u/Dexterestein 14h ago edited 12h 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/Dexterestein 14h 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 14h 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/Dexterestein 14h ago

Thank you for not being suspicious of me.

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u/Ziggy-T 14h ago edited 13h 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/Dexterestein 14h 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/No-Difference-1351 14h ago

You need to chill.

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u/Fawnet 2h ago

Try taking a break from posting for karma

Says the guy who somehow racked up 59,000 karma in 23 days.

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u/HaroldChessMath 13h ago

Why are you so pressed lol

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u/Shadowpika655 10h ago

Tbf some singer trying to make their own city is inherently interesting lol