The Brutal Collapse of Akon’s Scam City

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  • @PatrickCc
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    • @Stender_
      @Stender_ หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Great vid so far, no doubt. It's "time" not thyme haha

    • @luciferslettuce
      @luciferslettuce หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He didn't get the name for being a convict, he got it for being a con man!

    • @ray017ray017
      @ray017ray017 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      do people actually pay for these scams? kids make your own food

    • @satisfied656
      @satisfied656 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I´ve no mercy for dumb people that invested in this Akon-crap and expect another outcome!🙄That´s like you put your money onto a fraudster like Trump and loose everything!🤔Sometimes people had to eat sh*t to learn their lessons or better use next time their #CommonSense😏

    • @Stender_
      @Stender_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      the future is now@@ray017ray017

  • @inolofatsenglekaba5026
    @inolofatsenglekaba5026 หลายเดือนก่อน +10985

    Im an urban planner in Africa. This wasn't going to happen. The concept of Akon city doesn't even look livable. His intentions were never pure

    • @shirley444
      @shirley444 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed. Also, it looks it would only cater to the wealthy. And white foreigners would be a bulk of the residents

    • @inolofatsenglekaba5026
      @inolofatsenglekaba5026 หลายเดือนก่อน +1021

      Not to mention that taking land from villagers while cost of living in Dakar ridiculously high is evil...evil intentions all round from my brother A kon

    • @LuckyleftyJerseytv
      @LuckyleftyJerseytv หลายเดือนก่อน +473

      It was a money grab

    • @SunTzuMedia
      @SunTzuMedia หลายเดือนก่อน +106

      Yeah okay there Whoopi

    • @simppolice123
      @simppolice123 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

      Like honestly bro, what do you know? “Urban planner” 😂

  • @garfrockbreadtroll4571
    @garfrockbreadtroll4571 หลายเดือนก่อน +9527

    Its in his name lmao
    its litteraly "A Kon"

    • @ALL_that_ENDS
      @ALL_that_ENDS หลายเดือนก่อน +371

      Mind... Blown.

    • @jk6971
      @jk6971 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      I don't get it.

    • @blobglo
      @blobglo หลายเดือนก่อน +322

      @@jk6971 A Kon as in a conman

    • @rednad839
      @rednad839 หลายเดือนก่อน +245

      ​@@jk6971u must be slow 😅

    • @sp123
      @sp123 หลายเดือนก่อน +316

      KONVICT

  • @ambassadorsoflight2655
    @ambassadorsoflight2655 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +569

    Why did people believe a singer for BUILDING A CITY? A singer ?A SINGER? problem of this generation is mistaking fame for wisdom and trustworthyness

    • @shonenjumpmagneto
      @shonenjumpmagneto 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      MONEY.

    • @waitselljones8068
      @waitselljones8068 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

      Well like he mentioned in the video, Akon has done a lot of actual philanthropic projects across Africa particularly in solar energy and access to water. I don't think anyone imagine HE would be the one doing the actual building.

    • @Cannon952
      @Cannon952 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      he should be president

    • @samuraiboy497
      @samuraiboy497 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      No it’s always been that way no generation about it

    • @krazzyvibestv8657
      @krazzyvibestv8657 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Never underestimate or undermine someones ability.

  • @Thebabatunde
    @Thebabatunde 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +85

    The very fact that the word 'Africa' is used in the project as if its a country and not an entire continent was already a sign it would fail, no matter how big the project would be, its comparison and impact should have been compared to the specific country it would be built, not to the whole of Africa, as if the continent is one big village square waiting for innovation from externals.🤦‍♂

    • @mrscaterpillarlegs
      @mrscaterpillarlegs 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's ironic that you don't see the problem with the creator using the term Africa in the exact same way. Media literacy applies to all media.

    • @Thebabatunde
      @Thebabatunde 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@mrscaterpillarlegs I saw it, just decided to pick a specific battle, but you are right, Media literacy applies to all media.

    • @Samil101
      @Samil101 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It was actually called Akon city

  • @runningcommentary2125
    @runningcommentary2125 หลายเดือนก่อน +4694

    "I don't take my wife out to the construction site." My friend, it doesn't look like you've sent anyone to the construction site whatsoever.

    • @Aeunax123
      @Aeunax123 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      Tea 😂😂😂

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      LOL stop yo you are killing me hahahahahahahaha

    • @nerdy8644
      @nerdy8644 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      At that point just take anybody out to work there

    • @timumbra2476
      @timumbra2476 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Fren

    • @m.u.sik4eva
      @m.u.sik4eva หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂😂💯

  • @apachers2807
    @apachers2807 หลายเดือนก่อน +5442

    Akon not knowing how babies are actually born is the funniest shit ever

    • @Tocinos
      @Tocinos หลายเดือนก่อน +396

      To be fair, he comes from a culture of people who are still superstitious

    • @Shadow2pointO
      @Shadow2pointO หลายเดือนก่อน +243

      @@TocinosAs a Senegalese person, you are spot on!

    • @nataliainoa503
      @nataliainoa503 หลายเดือนก่อน +388

      @@Tocinosyou don't have to be superstitious to understand women do most of the work in reproduction

    • @michaelboyle7281
      @michaelboyle7281 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      The way he instantly started explaining what he meant gives a vibe that when he's brought it up in the past a ton of people replied "What the fuck are you talking about??" lol

    • @BlackGirlUnsolved
      @BlackGirlUnsolved หลายเดือนก่อน

      And if Akon theory was true, why do trans woman need biological woman to produce for them?

  • @urban7514
    @urban7514 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +115

    I love the free platform with independent documentaries about scams, partially funded with advertisements for scams.

    • @kagisomakgalemane4355
      @kagisomakgalemane4355 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I was just thinking about this

    • @rustyhowe3907
      @rustyhowe3907 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      "Don't buy into *this* scam, buy into ours instead, you're welcome!" - youtube paid sponsors

    • @donovanberserk4993
      @donovanberserk4993 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Meal delivery is always a scam. Buying groceries is the best use of. Money

    • @ItsPhillyDH
      @ItsPhillyDH 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The realest comment!

    • @billyhawkins442
      @billyhawkins442 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@donovanberserk4993 is the company legit scamming people or are they just selling premade meals that are obviously gonna be more expensive than buying groceries and cooking yourself? lol

  • @Utilizador-gs3lx
    @Utilizador-gs3lx 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

    This is literly like guiving power to a guy called tyranto and being suprised when he turns into a tyrant

    • @Osei_Bean_8ryant
      @Osei_Bean_8ryant 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This is the same man that wore "drio" on an interview & gave French Montana a fake watch

    • @ayo_dugge
      @ayo_dugge 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nice villain name ngl

  • @psychotic4560
    @psychotic4560 หลายเดือนก่อน +1100

    "They have no power or running water, but first, our sponsor, "premade meals sent to your doorstep!" 😂 brutal transition

    • @v.styles3545
      @v.styles3545 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      🎯

    • @user-ik6rc4wv9k
      @user-ik6rc4wv9k หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      All they need is Gatorade. It makes the plants grow

    • @OMGitsHANZO
      @OMGitsHANZO หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ik6rc4wv9k it has electrolytes!

    • @Ethan_Alexandur
      @Ethan_Alexandur หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Patty Pat is a little tone deaf.

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      I commented with another creator who was claiming how great this is because , - as a sm creator, - he didn't have the time to cook.
      I pointed out how goofy this makes a single dude who works from home look.I think he had really convinced himself that he knew what hard work was.

  • @brycejackson1320
    @brycejackson1320 หลายเดือนก่อน +3752

    The city looks like a dr suess city

    • @oneleapforward903
      @oneleapforward903 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

      Who?

    • @masilomoshesh1475
      @masilomoshesh1475 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

      @@oneleapforward903 I see what you did there🥁

    • @thedreflacko
      @thedreflacko หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@oneleapforward903horton

    • @mikeyrizzo7606
      @mikeyrizzo7606 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Looked like an A.I. thing to me.

    • @satisfied656
      @satisfied656 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I´ve no mercy for dumb people that invested in this crap and expect another outcome!🙄That´s like you put your money onto a fraudster like Trump and loose everything!🤔Sometimes people had to eat sh*t to learn their lessons or better use next time their #CommonSense😏

  • @cehussey
    @cehussey 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +140

    This project was doomed from the moment the imagery of what Akon envisioned to be his ideal African city was revealed. This is a top-down vanity project. There's no sense of community to be seen in the garish, comic book architecture. It's a city designed like an amusement park, rather than a place to call home--unless you're an egomaniacal entertainment mogul with scant understanding of economics.

    • @JM-vj7we
      @JM-vj7we 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Well said.

    • @nikes4444
      @nikes4444 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I love the word play

    • @peaceseeker9927
      @peaceseeker9927 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You summed it up. It's sad how clueless people have been to believe in someone like Akon. The same old savior fantasies of the past, with a different script. He knows just enough to create plenty of disappointment.

    • @lancevance6346
      @lancevance6346 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Looked like a nightmare to built elevators in or have parking. But kool wiggly design go brrrrr

  • @junito1008
    @junito1008 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +118

    6:15 👈🏼😂 This dude is next to Akon sleeping in the middle of the interview 😁

    • @paulatavares5220
      @paulatavares5220 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Noticed that! Ridiculous! 😂😂

    • @junito1008
      @junito1008 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      @@paulatavares5220 He was like: this dude is booooooring !! 😴💤😂

    • @Alkyps
      @Alkyps 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      he is a leech, useless friend of Akon, trying to get fame by sitting next to him at interviews. so stupid

    • @rodiesince88
      @rodiesince88 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Lmaooo 🤣😂 Laughed so hard!! I know people around him are tired of him

    • @njhopkins16
      @njhopkins16 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      😂😂😂😂

  • @Holdontight1123
    @Holdontight1123 หลายเดือนก่อน +1890

    Building a city and naming after yourself is next level narcissism.

    • @Mrrumblejason
      @Mrrumblejason หลายเดือนก่อน

      REALLY WHITE PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME ⏲️ 🙄

    • @frankdjango
      @frankdjango หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Toxic_Femininity
      @Toxic_Femininity หลายเดือนก่อน +115

      Also incredibly common 😅

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      **Washington D.C. enters this chatroom...**

    • @seandoherty4236
      @seandoherty4236 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

      George Washington did not change the name of "The District of Columbia" to "Washington, D.C.": A greatful fledgling nation did. One whose populace held Washington as a hero to be forever remembered, honored and celebrated.

  • @PurppCalx
    @PurppCalx หลายเดือนก่อน +1951

    Lol at Akon saying all this shit about how “men are kings” just to rationalize himself being a deadbeat father 🤣

    • @dagfinissocool
      @dagfinissocool หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      How can anyone get "women can't create babies without a man only men can do that" when it's like complete opposite a woman doesn'r need a man anymore to get pregnant. The guy must be crazy

    • @Connection-Lost
      @Connection-Lost หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dagfinissocool *Actually you'd still need sperm, which comes from..... a man.*
      If you are thinking about cloning, that won't work long-term. Over time your DNA would degrade, and the DNA of the clones would further degrade, until you'd reach a point where they're no longer a clone, but a mutation. They'd develop all sorts of medical problems.

    • @KaoticReach1999
      @KaoticReach1999 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

      ​​@@dagfinissocool 'A woman doesn't need a man anymore to get pregnant'
      Uh...that sperm has to come from somewhere, it's stored, not made in a lab.
      I'm guess you're talking about needing a man in a relationship you know, which has been the case for awhile.
      If not, next you're gonna say men can get pregnant, in which case you shouldn't be calling anyone else crazy.

    • @Dirt-nap
      @Dirt-nap หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      I legit thought it was fresh and fit podcast at first 🤣

    • @RoseRitonya
      @RoseRitonya หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@KaoticReach1999I don’t recall where I read it, and I know it’s not very far along, but I remember reading about an experiment/study performed sometime prior to the pandemic about scientists being able to use the eggs of two mammals (rats?) and do something with them, then implant the result into a female rat (maybe mouse?), and she’d give birth.
      Not disagreeing with you btw, your comment just made me remember that study.

  • @michibosire5000
    @michibosire5000 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    11:45 M-pesa is mainly a Kenyan,rather than an African thing. At least 80% of all mpesa transactions are Kenyan, and Vodafone are still trying to spread into Neighbouring Tanzania/Uganda.
    Saying that Akon should've tried to use M-pesa in Senegal, a half a continent away, without the financial infrastructure kenya has, is very under-informed

    • @Elvisinio123
      @Elvisinio123 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      true. but they do use this in Mozambique too.

    • @fenixchief7
      @fenixchief7 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Its still better than "akoin" lmfao

    • @ziwer1
      @ziwer1 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Don't be silly. MPESA is mobile money and that's all over Africa. That's what he means.

    • @user-hn7yh5mb8d
      @user-hn7yh5mb8d 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I honestly don't buy any of this BS, this is the first comment implying a bit of understanding of how mega projects look like in Africa, a Billion tribes and Mega corporates playing devide & conquer. don't know if Akon went into this with good intention but he went in thinking he can do it only to get scammed by the big companies that are going to blame him for what happened to the local tribes. and that is simply how it goes in Africa.

    • @joelrwegasira1601
      @joelrwegasira1601 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Mpesa is the biggest transaction vendor in Tanzania for years,

  • @THE-J0K3R.
    @THE-J0K3R. 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    “The Man are the kings and the Devine of this universe.”
    😂😂😂😂😂
    I only show this part to my wife.
    😂😂😂😂😂
    Akon you killed me with that one.

  • @hieuwu3437
    @hieuwu3437 หลายเดือนก่อน +928

    It was highly laughable seeing him talk about using an incubator to create life while forgetting that an egg is still needed for fertilization 😭

    • @pliskenx51mm83
      @pliskenx51mm83 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

      Most arrogant people aren't known for their intellect. Akon may think he's Einstein. Its all in his head. His talk on women was ridiculous but can we expect anything less from a fool?

    • @ooooozzzzz3312
      @ooooozzzzz3312 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      u can creat an egg but u cant creat a seed

    • @BobBob-cx9wm
      @BobBob-cx9wm หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Not sure why this guy didn't just enjoy his success / wealth instead of all these stupid scams lol

    • @benturner3458
      @benturner3458 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@BobBob-cx9wmbecause when certain people achieve a level of success, they end up being surrounded by 'yes men' and ego strokers who are looking to hang on to the coat tails of their success. Similar to the remora fish- it attaches itself to a shark and swims around with it so it gets protection and food leftovers. But for someone like Akon who probably has some BPD or narcissistic traits, these people end up convincing people like him that he is the second coming of Christ. He probably believes he can do anything and no one likely ever tells him no. It's a recipe for disaster

    • @traceydumase
      @traceydumase หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can create a functioning human egg artificially?​@@ooooozzzzz3312

  • @Wulfieman
    @Wulfieman หลายเดือนก่อน +485

    I will never forget when Akon, during an interview, said that China had given a 1 billion dollar loan to build the solar city. But instead of saying "the organization now has a lot of money to buy the equipment" he said "I have one billion dollars, I'm rich!!". I Freudian slip that very few people (if any) caught.

    • @vodkaboy
      @vodkaboy หลายเดือนก่อน +98

      Not a freudian slip, just Akon telling you straight up that he's keeping all the money for himself lol

    • @qthatrucker7310
      @qthatrucker7310 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      That actually means the opposite. Now his net worth is negative $1B. He has to pay that debt back. 🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @re_detach
      @re_detach หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Its a debt trap because the lendir hypes up whoever they loan to as they know the borrower will never pay them back, and/or the project could never be completed in the agreed timeline. That is predatory loaning in a nutshell.

    • @onemillionpercent
      @onemillionpercent หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      hes financially irresponsible, it's clear. and he criticizes others for being bad at planning... he hasn't even picked up a book about basic biology

    • @profpuffofficial2
      @profpuffofficial2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      ​@@re_detachits Chinas African neocolonial strategy

  • @cribkingcom
    @cribkingcom 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

    This was good coverage. It wasn't biased and you did well on looking at things from multiple angles.

  • @Wisdom887
    @Wisdom887 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Side note, while Dakar is the capital of senegal, it is not the largest city in Senegal, it’s one of the smallest if not the smallest

    • @Gebravsk
      @Gebravsk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Still a shithole

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf หลายเดือนก่อน +582

    The first sign of trouble was hiring a consultant literally titled "Bad." The second sign was how all the buildings look like a failed modern art project instead of something people are supposed to live in.

    • @mikeyrizzo7606
      @mikeyrizzo7606 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      💯🎯⬆️

    • @evil993
      @evil993 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Id say the rug pull had to be probably one of the most open and clear cut examples of this being nothing but a scam.

    • @Hobiemyhubby
      @Hobiemyhubby หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Them buildings looking like rough endoplasmic reticulum fr

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It’s like he asked midjourney to
      “/imagine cool city in the style of futuristic cool stuff”

    • @proletar1660
      @proletar1660 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      People need a standard thing to live in, not a city from the dreams of an architect

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 หลายเดือนก่อน +450

    Akon's futuristic city looks like Bikini Bottom in the future when its entirely made out of chrome & Whoville from How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

    • @peeron6829
      @peeron6829 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Everything is chrome in the futureee

    • @josiahjacinto4156
      @josiahjacinto4156 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The guy wearing a white t-shirt has a word konvict, sounds like a prophecy coming true.

    • @josiahjacinto4156
      @josiahjacinto4156 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The guy wearing a white t-shirt has a word konvict, sounds like a prophecy coming true.

    • @kareemmendoza5004
      @kareemmendoza5004 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fffffuuuuuuuuttttuuuuuuurrrrrrreeee

    • @twiztedclown
      @twiztedclown หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@peeron6829well hpw else are you going to harness all that solar energy

  • @stay.modest
    @stay.modest 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    18:55 That foot shaking was a cry for help. He was praying not to get cancelled Hahahaha

  • @joelsteveson7156
    @joelsteveson7156 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +343

    *How often do we put God first in our decision-making? lt's paramount we take that first step of talking to him first. I wanted to try out something new, so I prayed to God about it and took the step. It turned out my best decision ever taken. A decision that fetches me $42k bimonthly. I spent time praying in the spirit like I always do, in tongues of fire (my secret weapon). God came through for me*. *Praise Jesus🙏🙌✝️❤️❣️*

    • @ChrisTodd-hi9xx
      @ChrisTodd-hi9xx 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      That's one thing I would never neglect. Asking the Lord about how he feels taking a step. Marriage either makes or breaks you. God led me to the right person. The story has been a happy ever after type

    • @MickelSpinner
      @MickelSpinner 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Words !!!♥️💯

    • @Mikecliton
      @Mikecliton 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      As humans, we take a lot of things for granted, even God's own point of view, his voice, and his thoughts on things we plan to do.

    • @JuliaPolyakov-sx3uq
      @JuliaPolyakov-sx3uq 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm eternally thankful to God and his servant Ms Chloe Linda Henderson for making all this reality. I can give in furtherance to God's work and help out in my community way much more easily now.

    • @JuliaPolyakov-sx3uq
      @JuliaPolyakov-sx3uq 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And to think that i started with a sum of $5,000 remains mind-blowing for me.

  • @RadeenChoudhury
    @RadeenChoudhury หลายเดือนก่อน +432

    The man sang “Convict Music” at the start of every song and you guys thought he had pure intentions lol

    • @Aeunax123
      @Aeunax123 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I- 😶😂

    • @letstrythisagain5096
      @letstrythisagain5096 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Who invest in Africa 😂😂😂

    • @christianterrill3503
      @christianterrill3503 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Rememeber when a fan got on stage with him and went to shake his hand? So he picked him up and threw him over his head off the stage right into the crowd. He nearly killed the guy, and wouldn't even apologize. He paralyzed the guy if I Rememeber right. The guy sued and won a bunch of money and akon never gave a shit her nearly killed his own fan.

    • @043Ghxst
      @043Ghxst หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😩😩😩😭

    • @Studying-ov9gz
      @Studying-ov9gz หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@043Ghxstgood music mannn....❤

  • @funmilayotijani3119
    @funmilayotijani3119 หลายเดือนก่อน +934

    Akon himself is a running joke among African netizens 😂😂 We often say no one lies about Africa to Westerners more than Akon 😅

    • @NeonSonOfXenon
      @NeonSonOfXenon หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      As a Westerner who was formally fooled by him, I would love to hear more about what African Internet thinks of him

    • @getyaw8up
      @getyaw8up หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@NeonSonOfXenonSame!

    • @KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza
      @KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      love to your country and all of Africa from Russia

    • @ikke2757
      @ikke2757 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what did he lie about then?

    • @Notjayxz
      @Notjayxz หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ikke2757watch the video lil bro

  • @zeeiscreative
    @zeeiscreative 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The picture at 7:14...One party smiling and the other with a straight face. Tells you a lot!

  • @RobertsDigital
    @RobertsDigital 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    1:25 What's left of the city is a rusty old cupboard in the middle of nowhere.
    That's all they have been able to build. Amazing!

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- หลายเดือนก่อน +534

    Akon sounds like he wants to give birth to a child but doesn't want to be their to raise that child until a certain age. He is wishy-washy and too full of himself.

    • @snickerdoodles787
      @snickerdoodles787 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      Frfr. And not that its relevant but i really hate when deadbeats try to wiggle into their kids life once theyre grown and the hard parts over smh so grateful for my husband ❤

    • @AstrochoriusShitpost
      @AstrochoriusShitpost หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@snickerdoodles787bro did not have to type the rest of that ☠️🙏

    • @allgameplays
      @allgameplays หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait can a mother be a deadbeat too? Because my mother is doing that to me right now​@@snickerdoodles787

    • @nataliainoa503
      @nataliainoa503 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      A lot of men like Akon have womb envy

    • @nightskyj7579
      @nightskyj7579 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@nataliainoa503 😂 hey you mind if i use this 😂

  • @jonathanphillips6372
    @jonathanphillips6372 หลายเดือนก่อน +811

    $5 billion isn't NEARLY enough to build a city, especially not a city like that XD

    • @CovertBandit0
      @CovertBandit0 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Maybe just enough for the sewage pipes lmao but then what? hahaha

    • @BobBob-cx9wm
      @BobBob-cx9wm หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I don't know 5 billion USD is probably a trillion in Africa

    • @PhyrexJ
      @PhyrexJ หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      @@BobBob-cx9wmThats now how it works. Still need material and resources from foreign places

    • @themodfather9382
      @themodfather9382 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's concrete bro@@PhyrexJ

    • @ToeKnife166
      @ToeKnife166 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      @@BobBob-cx9wmit would actually cost more because of the lack of infrastructure in the area.

  • @ccb6013
    @ccb6013 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    6:48 As a grown, African man (and a "god", according to him) note that he isn't asking why African men haven't built up their homeland. Instead, he chooses to complain that other groups do it too slowly for his liking.

  • @OUTBOUND184
    @OUTBOUND184 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    3M deaths a year from fumes and fires????? The sort of 'fact' you don't need to look up to know it's false.

    • @Dodadamnthang21
      @Dodadamnthang21 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I said the same thing. WTF

    • @ghostface5559
      @ghostface5559 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      a billion africans, you think like 1 percent don't die to house fires?

    • @droopyfiles
      @droopyfiles 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@Dodadamnthang21 SMFH the whole country would be dead by now

    • @jefferykeeton804
      @jefferykeeton804 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Maybe he meant like in all of Africa or worldwide hell idk😅

    • @gehcontent5618
      @gehcontent5618 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jefferykeeton804 no it's Senegal according to him living there before becoming a singer

  • @deatheternal720
    @deatheternal720 หลายเดือนก่อน +573

    Akon COMPLETELY failing to understand the idea of surrogacy is hilarious

    • @thornyback
      @thornyback หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      I laughed so hard I choked on my breakfast. Until I remembered just how powerful he is back at home. This kind of stupidity along with power and dishonesty is extremely dangerous.

    • @PartyAnimalsOfficial
      @PartyAnimalsOfficial หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😭😭😭

    • @mynumberoneguy2125
      @mynumberoneguy2125 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sad. A scam from Day 1. Especially once crypto currency becomes involved. Chinese government financing. Triple whammy. He's treading dangerously and we all know from history how this will end for him.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou หลายเดือนก่อน

      The dude heard the phrase “test tube babies” once and has been assuming he can just jizz in a beaker and a baby will form ever since

    • @user-en3ce3vi5j
      @user-en3ce3vi5j หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wanted Akon City to be a success. But when I heard him explain it, it just sounded so arse backwards. He, China and all his cronys were gonna pretend that a decentralized economy could be built with 6 billion in Chinese money. Money that he controlled!
      That's putting the cart before the horse. The antithesis of decentralized.

  • @pancakesean6888
    @pancakesean6888 หลายเดือนก่อน +1668

    I feel like promising to help Africa and not doing it is the typical MO for black celebrities who start to lose it. Terrance Howard did the same shit when he said he made a new form of math called "Terryology" and started trying to build nuclear reactors in Uganda. Maybe you could do a video on Terrance Howard? That shit is just as crazy. Love the content man keep it up.

    • @RandoManFPV
      @RandoManFPV หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meanwhile if a white person raps or enjoys any aspect of black culture then all the blacks start asking what have they done for BLM and the black community 😂
      Like bruh you ain't done shit for your own community bish

    • @ngcebosmanga9941
      @ngcebosmanga9941 หลายเดือนก่อน +197

      I remember Akon was building schools, waterpipes and electricity... But when I heard about Akon City and his coin I knew things would go downhill 😅
      I mean who just wakes up and decides to build a city

    • @DragonLawyer
      @DragonLawyer หลายเดือนก่อน +102

      Remember Wyclef did the same thing

    • @MrTommyf98
      @MrTommyf98 หลายเดือนก่อน

      people being doing too much wow not putting in money in good use ahhh man lol
      @@DragonLawyer

    • @EgyptCraft-ky7bj
      @EgyptCraft-ky7bj หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      Didn't he say some shit like 1+1=1 lol

  • @edwudiy
    @edwudiy 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +149

    What are the best additions to a $600k portfolio to boost performance?. ETH is Up and will do better, I believe indicators, for profits will continue to improve, investors like me believe that "Santa has come early" to the markets...

    • @siegmanted
      @siegmanted 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think you're better off with majority investment in bitcoin and uprising equities because they always outperform. Alternatively speaking to a certified market strategist can help with pointers on which to acquire.

    • @edwudiy
      @edwudiy 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Wow, massive gains! My partner recently hinted at going the same direction.. What did you invest in?, and who is your investment advisor please?, if you don't mind me asking in dire need of asset allocation.

    • @siegmanted
      @siegmanted 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Elissa Dawn Sharon is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.

    • @edwudiy
      @edwudiy 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for this amazing tip. I just looked the name up, wrote her explaining my financial market goals.

  • @kevindagame
    @kevindagame 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    My supervisor is from Senegal, he even told me a year ago that it wasn't happening

  • @yakyakyakperfect
    @yakyakyakperfect หลายเดือนก่อน +521

    Bro couldn’t end the water/electricity crisis in his own city, imagine creating an entire city. Yoh 😭😭

    • @marijuanaknowsomething6743
      @marijuanaknowsomething6743 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      For real. All he had to do was collab with Mr beast. At least that dude is actually helping in a more constructive way.

    • @drunkenmmamaster419
      @drunkenmmamaster419 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Dude grew up in New Jersey 😂

    • @Schoolboyfrm5th
      @Schoolboyfrm5th หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      🤣🤣🤣🤣because he , coupled with the thieving government had a lot of money to gain from the Chinese

    • @ZayabelDraga13
      @ZayabelDraga13 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@drunkenmmamaster419he went to America in his 20s but he did grow up in Senegal for a while

    • @PenskePC17
      @PenskePC17 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It wasn't really a city. He was basically talking about building what amounts to a "lifestyle center".

  • @RandoManFPV
    @RandoManFPV หลายเดือนก่อน +2159

    These buildings are a joke. They are both under and over designed 😂
    Like this style is such a try-hard futuristic design. Meanwhile nobody has a fcking clue how them things are supposed to be structurally sound 😂
    Since I've got your attention go ahead and peep the channel 🤣 I've got FPV drone videos and some subwoofer/speaker stuff on there! 🔥

    • @chriswilbur1356
      @chriswilbur1356 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of them even looks like a sex toy

    • @AdamOBrien29
      @AdamOBrien29 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

      Lots of phallic designs 😅

    • @rawlvee
      @rawlvee หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      some made up materials and shii lol

    • @yourwifewasinmedms5137
      @yourwifewasinmedms5137 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      All the support structures have diamonds in them so they are extra strong. Bamboo floors with titanium walls. That’s how they are made. Oh and lots of holes so wind doesn’t blow them down

    • @assassin8636
      @assassin8636 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Dang it's not that terrible. Just say it's not your cup of tea

  • @Dubsteppah
    @Dubsteppah 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    And people out here still think Akon "lit up Africa" with electricity, the media made him out to be a total saint.

  • @patrickkiragu8849
    @patrickkiragu8849 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    It is videos like this that paint Africa as a single country as opposed to a continent. Talking about Africa's GDP as a collective rather than mentioning individual countries is misleading. Saying that Mpesa is used in the whole of Africa is also untrue. Mpesa is only available in Kenya, one of 52 countries in Africa.

    • @boyeoshinaga6230
      @boyeoshinaga6230 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      MPesa is avaliable in 10 African countries

  • @Ishl
    @Ishl หลายเดือนก่อน +921

    Any guy that believes it’s ok to be absent from raising your children until you deem them old enough should not be having kids.

    • @th3azscorpio
      @th3azscorpio หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Exactly. I would never tie the knot what someone who believes such nonsense.

    • @ToneArray
      @ToneArray หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      If their mother is toxic, I prefer to be absent. There's no way am going to be deprived my peace of mind at the cost of being a present dad 🚮🚮

    • @5falltv895
      @5falltv895 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are so ignorant and biased you cant even hear a 30 second clip correct you people are the worst

    • @johnnywang206
      @johnnywang206 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Tell that to a divorce judge. They sure don’t think men are needed in raising kids

    • @wayando
      @wayando หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Is he absent though ... If he is the one providing for the family?

  • @jacktheartisan406
    @jacktheartisan406 หลายเดือนก่อน +226

    This whole story would make for a such a great Boondocks episode

    • @vodkaboy
      @vodkaboy หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Exactly

    • @scottoleson1997
      @scottoleson1997 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is honestly what made me love Boondocks. They were saying things that no one would ever dare say… and unfortunately a lot of the stuff they warned us about has come true time and time again, and the masses just eat it up instead of doing any research.

    • @scottoleson1997
      @scottoleson1997 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@vodkaboythis world is full of Riley’s, and only a few Huey’s… if you think of them as symbols of ignorance and logic respectively.

    • @dkvitaleme
      @dkvitaleme หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      We need boondocks to come back

  • @pascalemwavaga9583
    @pascalemwavaga9583 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I’m from Kenya 🇰🇪. M-Pesa is widely used in Kenya because this Fintech innovation traces its roots to Kenya. Over the years, mpesa has been adopted by neighboring East African countries. I can assure you that the whole of Africa is not using Mpesa.
    I agree with your assessment on sticking to a common mode of payment.

  • @botdfbvb
    @botdfbvb 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Only $6 billion? How did people believe that crap? The stadium alone would cost that much. He's missing at least $400 billion if he wants to build an entire city m

  • @markovitz21
    @markovitz21 หลายเดือนก่อน +447

    This guy saw Black Panther and yelled "Wakanda forever" one time too many =)))))))))

    • @AFO_AnalyRics
      @AFO_AnalyRics หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Funny thing is he had been on this wave long before those movies came out.

    • @DeadPiixxel
      @DeadPiixxel หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AFO_AnalyRics ppl don't lie truth the lie is more funny

    • @theussmirage
      @theussmirage หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wakanda has more realistic architecture than this concept!

    • @rickyronny4019
      @rickyronny4019 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ikr shit corny asf

    • @deigamohamed707
      @deigamohamed707 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      😂😂

  • @lesliemartin3
    @lesliemartin3 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    Never seen a bigger failure than Fyre Festival.
    Akon: hold these cinder blocks

  • @connorboyd6092
    @connorboyd6092 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ohhhh I get it now he was the Nigerian prince that emails us all 😅

  • @drewwbliss2027
    @drewwbliss2027 หลายเดือนก่อน +255

    All he did was write down his dream city and expected it to poof into existence.

    • @tommygriffith9594
      @tommygriffith9594 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That approach works for them in the states

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      To be fair, he probably made a miniature-scale model of it too. But to be fairer, what is this a city for ANTS?

    • @Usuerusers81
      @Usuerusers81 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed ​@@CantTellYou

    • @thecosmicchild8947
      @thecosmicchild8947 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CantTellYou
      Damn, it does look like an Ant Farm😂

    • @urban7514
      @urban7514 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thecosmicchild8947 Well when you consider how he thinks babies are made, it is not that far off.

  • @juliangreen9930
    @juliangreen9930 หลายเดือนก่อน +267

    Why do these guys always want to build sci-fi projects?
    They would have been a lot more useful by funding infrastructure improvements. Roads, bridges and power plants aren’t sexy, but they’re a hell of a lot more beneficial to regular people than a crypto city.

    • @marcosorduno9203
      @marcosorduno9203 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Even more easier to make it on a big city far suburb

    • @dianaatieno6964
      @dianaatieno6964 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      ...from watching too much sci-fi movies

    • @ricniks4619
      @ricniks4619 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its because of ego if it looks too basic they going to think that it will make them look lame when they could be building cities that look straight out of Star Trek or Doctor Who since they have millions in the bank🤦‍♂️

    • @melly4158
      @melly4158 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      especially for the context of africa……

    • @meangreen6044
      @meangreen6044 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They’re not even smart enough to maintain the infrastructure the Europeans left how could they possibly maintain a futuristic infrastructure?

  • @juanresto6756
    @juanresto6756 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “Konvict... Meuwww zik! And you know we NOT Upfront.”

  • @d-rag7691
    @d-rag7691 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fun fact i live in one of those countries, Mozambique and the solar panels sre in one road in the capital maputo and it’s not even in the full road and the government doesn’t even use it

  • @kewk
    @kewk หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    Bro just said a man can create a child without a woman. That's some flat earth shit >__

    • @ooooozzzzz3312
      @ooooozzzzz3312 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      u can creat an egg but u cant creat a seed

    • @todatkinson4781
      @todatkinson4781 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      But u can create an omelette

    • @dearGOD101
      @dearGOD101 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@todatkinson4781this statement is not false.

    • @yourdeletedcomment
      @yourdeletedcomment หลายเดือนก่อน

      the earth is not a sphere tho

    • @dearGOD101
      @dearGOD101 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@yourdeletedcomment it ain't flat either

  • @billblaski9523
    @billblaski9523 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    6:15 lmao
    "Akon on getting $1 billion credit from China: I spent it, I need $5 billion more"
    😂

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not like China straight up kills people right?.... right? 😅
      When these Countries stop paying for whatever reason, watch China move in and build mines etc.

    • @dazenguile4215
      @dazenguile4215 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao just noticed that

    • @capvenus
      @capvenus หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂🤣😂

  • @CaapriceTube1
    @CaapriceTube1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    LEGEND HAS IT Akon is singing "No Matter Wanna See Us Togetherrrrrrr, But It Don't Matter Noooo"
    in A-CON City

  • @nillinx1234
    @nillinx1234 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love in video ads that makes zero sense because I'm from a different country. Absolutely glorious.

  • @fr1zl
    @fr1zl หลายเดือนก่อน +286

    I met this dude once in 2001 because we did security at his shows... He said when asked about how money was in the music industry, 'fuck music, I make my money off diamonds' then I hear about him getting loans from China and wiring an electric grid in Africa.. Hmm. I was kind of blown away, he is hardcore.

    • @TheDrunkLawyer
      @TheDrunkLawyer หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      Cuz he wasn’t getting no real industry money in 01, locked up wouldn’t come out for another 2 years

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@TheDrunkLawyerLol.

    • @patsysadowski1546
      @patsysadowski1546 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He didn’t wire a grid. It’s solar off grid electric that China had already built anticipating western demand that never happened.

    • @newernever7294
      @newernever7294 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is what I mean. He comes from a wealthy family. He doesn't care about the people of Africa the way he's making it out to. This is all a PR campaign for foreign "investors" to come into Africa as usual and swoop up the land and resources while the gullible people are kept distracted by an Entertainer.

    • @ymatT601
      @ymatT601 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He was running díamonds mines too.

  • @igocki
    @igocki หลายเดือนก่อน +130

    having a city named after you is wild, but even crazier is having the currency that the people are supposed to use named after you, sounds pretty self-centered.

    • @peeron6829
      @peeron6829 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why are you a drainer that is verified with no videos

    • @StallionStudios1234
      @StallionStudios1234 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I would rather name my city something like "Smelly Fish and Feed Ville". That is still a better name lol.

  • @QueenYemi
    @QueenYemi 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Thoroughly enjoyed this

    • @Aconte313
      @Aconte313 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love you queen

  • @fightsportspace7327
    @fightsportspace7327 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    We called this years ago on his interview with VladTV. He’s essentially doing what a lot of African leaders do.
    1. Borrow money from China (or other country) to invest in projects.
    2. Pocket the money and don’t deliver on the projects.
    3. China eventually comes to recoup the money they loaned.
    4. And when the money can’t be paid back China now owns the assets.
    But it doesn’t matter to Akon because in his head “Senegal would fail anyway so I might as well take care of myself and family while I’m here.”
    Truly wicked guy.

  • @BPendleburyMagic
    @BPendleburyMagic หลายเดือนก่อน +187

    I like how he says a man's role is to hammer nails and roll that.... I'm willing to bet he's never picked up a hammer a day in his life

    • @FutureCommentary1
      @FutureCommentary1 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      They take the hammer once to put up the furnitures and pictures on the wall the day they move in and now the woman stuck cooking 3 meals a day 7 days a week for years because, roles. Lol

    • @BiggieTrismegistus
      @BiggieTrismegistus หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​​@@FutureCommentary1Not "the woman". "The women". Men in Senegal who are even slightly well off have multiple wives.

    • @ilovegot7754
      @ilovegot7754 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      But to be fair he grew up very poor so he probably did do some hard labour work

    • @Tiabliaj1989
      @Tiabliaj1989 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm NGL, I'm a woman and I don't mind him having 'traditional preferences' towards gender roles, to each their own. But somehow thinking skipping your kids recitals are cool? Okay Akon, so it's your job to teach your seed how to be men...why are they gonna care if you failed to pay attention or love them in the interim? To ignore their interests? Man is gonna end up with a spoiled punk kid and blame the wife for raising him wrong 😂 Not the years spent without a male role model supporting his interests and teaching him to be a man day to day from the get go. And part of being a man is fulfilling your obligations...if that means your kids football game, cello recital or whatever other school play or hobby involving an audience, you show. If you're a real man.

    • @victorwong6976
      @victorwong6976 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A hammer is also slang for gun. So you might be wrong about that.

  • @drows6156
    @drows6156 หลายเดือนก่อน +192

    Man was trying to build Wakhanda 😂

    • @RanaRandom
      @RanaRandom หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      me: Stay away from da Voodoo, mon!
      *Bwonsamdi has left the chat*

    • @wakandanlivesmatter3501
      @wakandanlivesmatter3501 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I will sue him

    • @malikthebarbarian6815
      @malikthebarbarian6815 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wa kon da hahahahaha

    • @USandGlobal
      @USandGlobal 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Should of just went to Atlanta 😂

  • @user-wu2ux5in6q
    @user-wu2ux5in6q 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The cook unity ad was fire lol

  • @kosiancraze4161
    @kosiancraze4161 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The guy sitting next to him tho @6:12 🤣🤣🤣

  • @scottfrench467
    @scottfrench467 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    That city design would be an intense challenge for even the best engineers and construction companies in the world. I don't think $6 billion would even cover the costs to build a city like that.

    • @tmo2798
      @tmo2798 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      You meant 'ever' right? Egypt's new capital is probably going to cost 4x-8x what the original projections were.

    • @AndreMazi-du3ck
      @AndreMazi-du3ck 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ugly design, only government and investors can make it happen

  • @willybe6427
    @willybe6427 หลายเดือนก่อน +149

    that city looks like someone dropped wet sand into a pile..

    • @truelies5431
      @truelies5431 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂😂😂Brilliant

    • @stonecoldstonersllc9704
      @stonecoldstonersllc9704 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Like dubi a sand shit storm

    • @Someone-ox1oh
      @Someone-ox1oh หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stonecoldstonersllc9704 even worse

  • @marieslabbert6009
    @marieslabbert6009 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I live in South Africa and have heard these pie in the sky visions if state of the art "cities" before. I always think "I believe it when I see it." Some are great at talking and dreaming, not so much at creating and building.

  • @adammercysystem6450
    @adammercysystem6450 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Should be noted, the Chinese are extremely interested in rare earth minerals in Africa. That's why they want control of land there.

  • @markwells4523
    @markwells4523 หลายเดือนก่อน +396

    I'm in construction management in America where we have large amounts of concrete plants and metal supply companies. Aint no way in a million years you can build all those large structures in 4 years. It took 12 hour days 6 days a week with night crews for pours and finish work, just to build a 19 story mid rise in 16 months. Aint no way brother.

    • @lionedheart
      @lionedheart หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It be done it would just require more man power to build it quicker.
      The question to Akon is, how many construction workers will work to build the city in 4 years? Depending on the number given, im sure he’d spill the beans 🫘 quick

    • @Jay-js5ik
      @Jay-js5ik หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@lionedheart
      There’s just no way they were ever going to get enough workers to get all that done in 4 years.

    • @lionedheart
      @lionedheart หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Jay-js5ik True that. How many years would it take realistically with enough workers?

    • @franka2743
      @franka2743 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Youre just racist​@@Jay-js5ik

    • @mikescala
      @mikescala หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep i pour concrete impossible just getting all the grading pins shot would take time 4 yrs😂 hes black so he wouldn't lie to us kang😂 scumbags are in every race color ethic background and religion period dont trust people cause they look like you you do not know them

  • @SochWrld
    @SochWrld หลายเดือนก่อน +285

    As an African, I knew “AkonCity” was a scam right from the get go. I was just waiting for the West to catch on.

    • @BiggieTrismegistus
      @BiggieTrismegistus หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very few people in the West thought this wasn't a scam. It's not like Western governments and banks were lining up to throw money at Akon.

    • @cryingbananajo
      @cryingbananajo หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Me who just found out such a thing existed; 🗿

    • @TopFix
      @TopFix หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      You're part of the minority though. A lot of Africans were congratulating him and seeing it as some kind of a future improvement

    • @alexmercer5414
      @alexmercer5414 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      A con city?

    • @negloblaxon7616
      @negloblaxon7616 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Um Akon is Senegalese you are claiming to be "African", why couldn't you mention your nationality instead of broad terminology of African?
      Also why were you waiting for the West to see something instead of your fellow Africans?

  • @BrodyLuv2
    @BrodyLuv2 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    😮 the main building/skyscraper is quite literally the same shape as ermm the 'Rampant Rabbit' 🤣
    That is definitely deliberate hahaa

  • @nimbusxd91
    @nimbusxd91 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well never forget his mtv cribs episode dude had a tiger inside a small cube like it was a display 😂

  • @Jonesybabie
    @Jonesybabie หลายเดือนก่อน +226

    And that's why... as rich as Africa is, they're in the worst position globally 😒 Akon represents many sell out leaders on the continent.

    • @destynova4512
      @destynova4512 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mean not that hard to scam people when public education is basically non existent and still got people that belive in damn magic. Mean the Average IQ in most places in Africa between 60-80, make with that what you will.

  • @amanul_2474
    @amanul_2474 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    So he ended up... alone... in this oasis, by himself?.... would you say he's.... Mr. Lonely?

  • @DaCashRap
    @DaCashRap 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    - exposes Akon for being a fraud
    - promotes microwave lasagna that looks like someone stepped on it

  • @davidperry4013
    @davidperry4013 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    If I start a city, it would be a city with classical architecture, great public transportation, great walkability, and more of a rebuilding of an abandoned city than a new city. Low cost of living, and an emphasis on happiness, not on economic growth.

  • @PAXperMortem
    @PAXperMortem หลายเดือนก่อน +586

    There's absolutely no way 3 million Senegalese are dying to fumes and fires every single year.

    • @evothenew3333
      @evothenew3333 หลายเดือนก่อน +189

      Yeah I was eating and stopped just to recheck what he said lol. Because it sounded crazy. Senegal as a whole has 18 million people. This guy needs to verify his sources more because this part of the video is ridiculously fake. Makes you question the credibility of other things he said in his videos.

    • @rocker4921
      @rocker4921 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

      @@evothenew3333To be fair though that was directly from Akon’s website itself which further shows how deceptive he and his programs are. Although, you are right he should have been critical about that claim and highlighted the absurdity of it.

    • @loco_tom
      @loco_tom หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      In the whole world there's about 2 million fatalities yearly from air pollution alone, most of them in China and India. Meanwhile WHO reports 180,000 fatalities due to burns, so I also doubt the entire Senegal is burning out of control by kerosene lamps. Even Rome didn't burn that badly in 64 AD.

    • @TheBestCat1290
      @TheBestCat1290 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Yeah. how does 3 million people out of the whole 17+ million of the population die from toxic fumes? Even a quick google search of Senegal's population and comparing the trends of the population growing over time disproved this

    • @abrahampetro
      @abrahampetro หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course the Western media has conditioned them to think Africa is just a jungle where people and animals struggle to survive. So, when they find anything that can make the situation worse, they major on it to justify their believes that Africa has people dying due to any other issue such as hunger, diseases. And now, amazingly, smoke killing 3 million annually 😅😅

  • @vdochev
    @vdochev หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    OK, I'm no architect, nor am I an infrastructure expert, but right off the bat looking at this, I can see that by the time the ambulance arrives in the "village district" from the "health district", the man would have already been dead. The same is with the fire department district. You can't divide all things by districts and shove them together. That's horrible! Kids will travel every day through the whole city to get to the school district where all schools are shoved together. Who would want to live like this? Are you out of your mind?

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Akon should’ve played more Sim City as a teenager instead of playing real-life GTA

    • @jedimindtrix2142
      @jedimindtrix2142 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The dude is off his rocker. Completely out of touch with reality and frankly is one of the dumbest people I have heard speak. That's truly an accomplishment.

    • @thejoshandcharles1
      @thejoshandcharles1 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      All he had to do was play City skyline or tropico, and he would have known. I tried the district thing on my first game of skyline.
      I was so dumb. 😅

    • @user-xc7rf9zk4v
      @user-xc7rf9zk4v หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bruh.. his species has an average IQ of 65

    • @G0Crazy1
      @G0Crazy1 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The whole entire city is within 2 sq miles, u could run from one end to the other in 15 minutes…

  • @Iamspacemountain
    @Iamspacemountain 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Probably should wait until the end to do your shout out to your sponsors 😊

  • @crimsonlion100
    @crimsonlion100 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Aint NO WAY that tower be lookin like mommy's back massager 😭😭😭😭😭😂

  • @CurlyCross
    @CurlyCross หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    lol man said put sperm in incubator for 9 months or less and boom! baby.

    • @justinwebster7761
      @justinwebster7761 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      That had to be the dumbest shit I ever heard

    • @fornhunkle
      @fornhunkle หลายเดือนก่อน +106

      And then he can disappear to let the incubator raise it

    • @rednad839
      @rednad839 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@justinwebster7761 people nowadays like dumb sh!t (let him cook)

    • @kaitlynjones4948
      @kaitlynjones4948 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      The silence from everyone else listening was so loud lmao

    • @YouCantDimMyLight
      @YouCantDimMyLight หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@fornhunkle 😂

  • @bethoc3091
    @bethoc3091 หลายเดือนก่อน +779

    Akon reminds me of someone who keeps coming up with new ‘businesses’ but only gets as far as making some business cards and a Facebook page.

    • @treenincove1726
      @treenincove1726 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Thats not even remotely true. Hes actually done positive things for Africa

    • @bethoc3091
      @bethoc3091 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@treenincove1726 well in this case…it feels like it!

    • @Usalivestreamtv
      @Usalivestreamtv หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      and I know plenty of these narcissists... Who want to stay in the spotlight of importance.

    • @bethoc3091
      @bethoc3091 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My reply got deleted!! Weird!

    • @treenincove1726
      @treenincove1726 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bethoc3091 yeah, youtube does that

  • @StreetSweep
    @StreetSweep 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Saying that it's Europe's responsibility to develope Africa and completely discrediting what Europe has done for the continent aswell is crazy.

  • @elorajdh
    @elorajdh 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    He really said with his whole chest men are the only ones that can give life...lmfao

  • @rafaelbenedicto3321
    @rafaelbenedicto3321 หลายเดือนก่อน +457

    The difference between you loaning from your local bank to buy a house, and loaning from China to build infrastructure, is that your local bank is not a foreign entity and thus it's also subject to your country's laws and regulations. Whereas, China is indeed a foreign entity and would demand that any land or asset taken by them are subject to Chinese laws and regulations -- essentially taking over a piece of your country.

    • @TFrills
      @TFrills หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. I think Patrick is preparing to become a CHinese sh1II like John Cena. Doesn't want to anger his future overlords.

    • @HipixOFFICIAL
      @HipixOFFICIAL หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's their plan 🤷‍♂️ why do you think the Chinese keep buying up land in the U.S.?

    • @tjaspire
      @tjaspire หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      China is doing the same thing in the Caribbean, building toll roads there that they will own for the next 100 years.

    • @infallibleblue
      @infallibleblue หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Very true. They fund your dreams but own your land.

    • @TFrills
      @TFrills หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why was my comment deleted?

  • @j3fr0uk
    @j3fr0uk หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Speaking of scams, avoid that sponsor at all costs lmao

  • @coreypulling4881
    @coreypulling4881 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:04 my man said “Thyme” with the H! Lolololol I love you patrick but oh lord . TELL ME you are in your 20s… lol THHHH IME 😂

  • @Nuggetmonk
    @Nuggetmonk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i remember hearing about this a few years back. i was imidiatly "scam or just crazy" xD

  • @georget9327
    @georget9327 หลายเดือนก่อน +336

    Wait until Akon founds out WHY china helped Africa out so much 😂

    • @shirley444
      @shirley444 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They just want the resources. This is economic colonization.

    • @stonecoldstonersllc9704
      @stonecoldstonersllc9704 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      And why is that ?

    • @El_Negro2003
      @El_Negro2003 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stonecoldstonersllc9704they build infrastructure for ‘free’, then they give them debt

    • @tlozier321
      @tlozier321 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      ​@stonecoldstonersllc9704 whoever is owed the debt is the one with power.

    • @georget9327
      @georget9327 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stonecoldstonersllc9704 Belt and Road initiative. It's explained pretty well in the video actually. Give it a watch.

  • @dazenguile4215
    @dazenguile4215 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    this literally sounds like he saw Black Panther for the first time, looked at wakanda, and said “i can do that!”.
    his design and layout is so childish that it seems like satire.

    • @WardenWyrd
      @WardenWyrd หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      He obviously had ZERO engineers consulting on this project, it looks ridiculous.

    • @theussmirage
      @theussmirage หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The architecture of Wakanda is ironically far more realistic! He should have just copied screenshots of the movie

    • @pliskenx51mm83
      @pliskenx51mm83 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      All I saw was complete delusion.

  • @Cheezsays
    @Cheezsays 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I start projects and never finish them, but idk how I would live with myself going on a publicity tour and having 5b in funding for no work to show. Also Patrick did you pronounce the H in thyme????

  • @oviziexxxtrabeatx481
    @oviziexxxtrabeatx481 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The whole idea always sounded like 6years old me dreaming of owning my own planet and naming it after myself.. A literal Con y'all (A Kon) 😅

  • @jamestodd51
    @jamestodd51 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    He would've already finished the city, but he's locked up, and they won't let him out. Pretty important fact for you to leave out.

    • @user-ik3xt1bx2n
      @user-ik3xt1bx2n หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Locked up by who?

    • @alex.l2485
      @alex.l2485 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      You funny, he’s referring to his song locked up

    • @aj4014
      @aj4014 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Send me some moonneeyy orderrss🎶 😔

    • @supraguy4694
      @supraguy4694 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Mf wrote "convict music" having never even seen the inside of a cell

    • @joedingy9854
      @joedingy9854 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They won't let him out

  • @Iron.Historian
    @Iron.Historian หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    He literally could have built a resort with beach front villas and it would have worked lol

    • @FilthyMcNasty69
      @FilthyMcNasty69 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Do you think people in 3rd world countries have money to go to resorts? Lmao it's not a tourist area

    • @bernardobila4336
      @bernardobila4336 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      ​@@FilthyMcNasty69we do have luxury resorts here in Africa. Tons of those.

    • @bernardobila4336
      @bernardobila4336 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Y'all act like we're from a different species

    • @raabbibi
      @raabbibi หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      ​@@FilthyMcNasty69Yes, we do. And, yes , it's a tourist area

    • @FilthyMcNasty69
      @FilthyMcNasty69 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@raabbibi who the fuck is taking a vacation to Senegal bro? Get real lol

  • @web3jerry
    @web3jerry 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for this content. I appreciate you 🥺

  • @alexmulaku7530
    @alexmulaku7530 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bro science ... Hahaha rollin!

  • @ooops4064
    @ooops4064 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Four years is not enough time to make something like that.

  • @yoloswaggins1579
    @yoloswaggins1579 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    Other scams just fake a product.
    This dude faked a city. Imagine.

  • @bobhardball
    @bobhardball หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Highly informative video. Small correction: Akon´s dad is from Senegal, mom from the U.S. and was born in The States, which by law makes him a U.S.-citizen. But seriously (and with all due respect!), he should change his name after this video. I mean, seriously, Akon as in "a con artist"... LMAO!

  • @sheastech
    @sheastech หลายเดือนก่อน

    Real Estate 101: Do not give 1 penny until work starts!!!!