Akon Promises His 'Akon City' Is Still Happening Despite Cancelation Reports

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

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00:00So Aikon, where are you with this country album? I know last time we spoke to you, is it finished? Is there a release date? Are there features?

00:10The features I'll announce very, very soon. I can tell you that we're 60% in.

00:15Okay, I like that. We got close.

00:17How has it been? Like the whole process?

00:20It's probably the best experience I've had in a minute. Especially spending time in Nashville.

00:25You're in Nashville?

00:27Yeah, we're doing it the right way. I got Gary LaVox, he's actually co-executive producing it with me.

00:32It's going to be nuts.

00:34So that means that there's going to be a tour, like an Aikon Cowboy Carter.

00:40I wouldn't quite say that because her tours are on a different level.

00:43I know.

00:44But I'm definitely going to have fun with it for sure.

00:46What happened to Aikon City? I've been reading. So can you dispel any rumors?

00:50People are saying that you've forgotten that project, that it's no longer happening.

00:54Can you take us through that?

00:55What I can tell you is the Aikon City Project is under attack.

01:00Okay.

01:01The impact that it's going to do for Africa is kind of shaking up a lot of agendas.

01:05So you're going to see a lot of misinformation on the internet.

01:08And I would advise that you know that it's untrue.

01:11But for the most part, the project is a city, so it's not going to stop. It's continuing.

01:15This building right here, you know how long it takes to build this one building?

01:18Right.

01:19I'm talking about a city.

01:20Okay.

01:21So just know there's a lot of misinformation that's happening.

01:24And when you're doing something that big in Africa, specifically with all these agendas tied to it,

01:28I'm going to try to discredit it for it not to happen.

01:31I just need people to be more wise and know that projects like this don't happen overnight.

01:35But you have not abandoned that project.

01:37You're staying in here.

01:38It's impossible.

01:39My purpose is to develop Africa.

01:41And that project is better developed.

01:43Have any rappers asked to join in on this city?

01:46Because you know a lot of Americans are...

01:48Yeah.

01:49I don't want to mention them.

01:50And they become a product of attack as well too.

01:52It's that serious.

01:54That's a huge one.

01:55But we're not really...

01:56That's not just a big moment.

01:57We have the big ones.

01:58Let's go!

01:59There's a huge one on this list.

02:00Like you, I think.

02:01We've got a huge one on this list.

02:02It's in the middle of this list.

02:03The great ones.

02:04We've got to be better!

02:05And that's not the best of it.

02:06Let's go.

02:07We have to go.

02:08You're gonna get to go!

02:09You're gonna get to the right?

02:10Let's go.

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