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07/19/23·Other·0:37
Akon recently joined Revolt’s ‘Drink Champs’ podcast for a discussion with N.O.R.E and DJ EFN about his journey over the past 25 years. During the interview he discussed a range of topics, including writing his breakthrough single “Lonely” from prison, “Locked Up” going viral, working with some of the biggest artists in the world, and building an African city.
But it was a clip of him talking about South Africa that’s garnering the most attention online. “And what’s crazy is certain parts of Africa, or South Africa, the white folks are the ones in the ghettos,” he said.
“If you go to South Africa, the richest people in South Africa are the black ones. It’s almost like a flip… Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, everywhere you go there’s areas where there’s poor people but the poorest areas are the poor parts where the white folks are.
“As a matter of fact, there’s a Netflix special on that, I’ve gotta remember the name though. If you search South Africa on there, it’ll pop up.”