Akon | Where Are They Now? | How Is He Changing Africa?

In and around the year 2006, R&B crooner, Akon, was
inescapable. Singles like “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter”
would go three-times-platinum, turning him into one of the most
bankable artists in the industry. And yet, the last thing Akon
wanted was for his music to be the legacy he left behind. So, over
the course of the last decade, Akon has more or less left the world
of music, carving out an identity for himself as a tech
entrepreneur in Africa where he’s created his own solar-power
company and a cryptocurrency as well. But Akon’s biggest venture is
the $6 Billion smart cities he’s laying the foundation for in
Senegal as we speak. The city’s name? Akon City, of course. After
raising that much money for its construction, did you really think
he’d call it anything else?