Akon was served a righteous dragging after shading Black American rappers during an interview on The Zeze Millz Show.
On December 21, the St. Louis-born rapper of Senegalese descent, who’s made a mint on the same culture he talked sh*t about, sat with Zeze Millz to chop it up about his success. The “Lonely” rapper said plainly that African entertainers had a leg up on Black American rappers because they were naturally better entertainers, as British-born Zeze cosigned the bullsh*t.
The segment that had folks on social media in a frenzy was when Akon, 49, stated, “We’re a little different when it comes to stage presence. They’re wobbling, pants hanging half down, bored as hell, half asleep ‘cause they high as hell on stage. But [in] Africa, we wake up in the morning, like, look at these YouTube clips of all these kids from Uganda. Like these kids are performers. So for us, it comes natural.”
The remark didn’t go over well with Black Americans, or other diasporans, including Africans, raised in the United States.
Black Twitter dragged the Senegalese-American entertainer.
BLACK IMMIGRANT TETHER AKON Continues to SHIT ON BLACK AMERICANS after he MADE MONEY OFF OF BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE!!! pic.twitter.com/hQwWYnQT6k
— Pharaoh Jones (@PharaohJones3) December 26, 2022
#Akon “Black Americans be high, pants hanging half way off they ass”
African Performers: pic.twitter.com/hu1P1aC7Dz
— Vincent Remember (@VincentRemember) December 27, 2022
In this clip Akon SPECIFICALLY referred 2 the Black Americans 🇺🇸 as N*GGAS. Not Africans. I’ve seen him do similar in other interviews 2.
& remember in the middle of Black Americans fighting 4 #Reparations, he disrespected & undermined us by saying this? 👇🏿 See a pattern? pic.twitter.com/tx7K86tOJE
— All on one Accord 🇺🇸 (@BlacksOrganize) December 26, 2022
It always comes back to shitting on Black Americans, especially after they’ve made millions imitating Black Americans. https://t.co/go85IXtp1E
— Van Lathan Jr (@VanLathan) December 27, 2022
I’m confused by African celebrities talking down on Black Americans (Akon and Cynthia, that means you).
So how popping are YOU in Africa?? Why even come here if we’re that whack????
— New Year’s Eve Eve Eve the Bunny 🎉🐰🎉 (@Eve4Prez) December 26, 2022
Akon woke up today and chose violence it’s been respectful lately between black Americans and African but he had to go stir the pot. Time to get locked up and don’t let him out. pic.twitter.com/7druYL2GOV
— lovewalkerxo (@lovewalkerxo) December 28, 2022
Akon cosplayed as a black American for the majority of his career so him saying this is wild. Let the Black Americans cook him (without xenophobia pls) https://t.co/XZruUgTGvx
— Lateef (@LateefSaka) December 26, 2022
… immediately came to mind when Akon comments about Black Americans and entertainment…. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Z34SnuoSmF
— Harvey Wallbanger (@Slashwaterboy) December 27, 2022
I’m confused. He made a career from African- American/ Black invented music. He put out music, about being locked up. Yet, Black Americans are somehow less than… Yep, the jokes write themselves.
— Starquasius Jupiter (@StarquasiusJ) December 26, 2022
I’m confused. He made a career from African- American/ Black invented music. He put out music, about being locked up. Yet, Black Americans are somehow less than… Yep, the jokes write themselves.
— Starquasius Jupiter (@StarquasiusJ) December 26, 2022
Akon is speaking nonsense. Black Americans are the inventors of jazz, rock, hiphop , country, funk etc. and he says we have no stage presence? ATP, some of these black immigrants just feel inadequate to black Americans bc we live rent free in their minds. #music https://t.co/lE3CtOG0CG
— yasuke-sukkinow (@zinder41558805) December 26, 2022
Afro Elite on Twitter reminded Akon that he was once a “wobbling, pants hanging half down” face a** emcee.
@Akon You were talking about black Americans sagging but that’s what you used to do 🤔 plus you can’t dance either so I guess the “natural talent of Africa” must have skipped you huh 😂 pic.twitter.com/dqgO8gaey2
— Afro Elite (@TheAfroElite) December 28, 2022
The “Locked Up” singer’s assertion of Black American entertainers is hella rich, considering the Senegalese pillar of righteousness was once a thugged-out drug dealer and a thief. The 49-year-old now-mogul wasn’t even a good student, having been expelled for breaking the rules in school.
Akon’s best bet would be to keep the culture’s name who raised him–out of his surly, ungrateful mouth.
