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!!!
00:01We got Akon in New York City, and he is the latest artist who is going to be dipping his toe into country music.
00:08Akon?
00:09Akon, yeah.
00:10So we ask him about it.
00:11We say, hey, how's this country album?
00:13Like, can you tell us anything about it?
00:14I can tell you that we're 60% in it.
00:16Okay, I like that.
00:17We got close.
00:18How has it been?
00:20Like, the whole process?
00:21It's probably the best experience I've had in the middle.
00:24Especially spending time in Nashville.
00:26You're in Nashville?
00:27Oh, yeah, we're doing it the right way.
00:28He's re-recording all of his hits in country.
00:32What do country singers, like real country singers, think of this?
00:38Because there's been this huge infusion.
00:41Yeah, Post Malone, Beyonce, yeah.
00:43I can tell you what you mean by real country singers, because so many modern country singers use trap production, and they grew up listening to rap.
00:48This is what they like.
00:49And also, he's African, right?
00:51Yeah.
00:51When you go to Africa, they love country music there.
00:56Because all the, like, tribes, all the tribes, like...
