The “Smack That” rapper and singer also provided an update on the country album that he’s working on in Nashville.

Senegal announced that the West African country’s plans for Akon City — a $6 billion Wakanda-style metropolis inspired by the ...

Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, ...

Akon City's fate had become a topic of great speculation over the past couple of days, but Akon has set the record straight with his latest statement on the project.

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Akon is shutting down rumors that his dream project, “Akon City,” has been scrapped.

Akon is assuring TMZ Hip Hop that reports of his beloved "Akon City" project being canceled are grossly overblown -- but says there are a few haters who want to see it that way!!!

Akon in 2018. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Akon City, a planned $6 billion development on the coast of Senegal spearheaded by the singer , is no more, Bloomberg reports.

The dream that captured headlines worldwide has finally met its inevitable end. Senegal officials have officially scrapped Akon’s ambitious $6 billion futuristic city project, acknowledging what ...

July 10, 2025 Akon’s Plans to Build a ‘Real-Life Wakanda’ in Senegal Have Been Scrapped The country will turn the allotted area into a $1 billion tourist hub instead.

Akon 's plans to build a futuristic city in Senegal might have been scrapped, but the land that was supposed to house it apparently won't be going to waste. Back in 2020, the "Locked Up" hitmaker ...

“Well, what I can tell you is the Akon City project is under attack,” he said. “The impact that it’s gonna do for Africa is kind of shaking up a lot of agendas, so you’re gonna see a lot ...