{"id":251803,"date":"2020-03-05T11:03:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=251803"},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:03:38","slug":"akon-performs-umrah-in-makkah-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/akon-performs-umrah-in-makkah-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon Performs Umrah in Makkah [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a video of Akon performing Umrah surfaced, many fans went wild over the idea that &#8216;he had converted to Islam&#8217;. Well its time to bust that myth. The <strong><em>Smack That<\/em><\/strong> singer was always a Muslim, not a convert.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/feysal_jr\/status\/1234824625999241216<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think out most of us would know all we can about our favorite artists (or maybe that&#8217;s an unhealthy obsession). The singer previously opened up about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/arts-culture\/music\/akon-says-his-muslim-faith-is-key-to-his-success-1.942898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">being a Muslim<\/a> and attributing his success to his faith.<\/p>\n<p>Recently he performed Umrah while in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Akon was in Saudi Arabia as part of his tour.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s next for Akon?<\/h3>\n<p>Other old news that resurfaced with this Umrah video, is that Akon is making his own city.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/akon-reveals-his-muslim-faith-is-the-reason-behind-his-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Akon Reveals His Muslim Faith Is the Reason Behind His Success<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>With the help of China, the <strong><em>Mr. Lonely<\/em><\/strong> singer plans on providing electricity to millions in Senegal. He&#8217;s developing an area to urbanize it really, rather than make his own city.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsadImran123\/status\/1235163604359532544<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are we looking at the creation of Wakanda IRL?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah. Wakanda forevaaa<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0627\u0628\u0648\u0644\u064a\u062b\ud80c\udc86 (@muslimbaljeet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/muslimbaljeet\/status\/1235238498627727361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some people thought this was a joke.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsadImran123\/status\/1235182821154721798<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s best it doesn\u2019t cause they\u2019ll try to Assassinate him lol<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stinkmeaner \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 (@BabyRambo_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BabyRambo_\/status\/1235304645427367938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are indeed exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Branndonn5\/status\/1235392171701723136<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All headlines dating as far back as 2015 have reported 600 million. Do you know better than they?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kid Vista (@KidVista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidVista\/status\/1235404959669039105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prove he\u2019s not. Where are the numbers that show how many people he\u2019s \u201cactually\u201d bringing electricity to then if you know better than these publications?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kid Vista (@KidVista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidVista\/status\/1235411223862075392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The whole population of westafrica where akon is changing lives is about 367M people, most populus country Nigeria (200M), electricity is supplied by the government which is a monopoly, akon hasn&#39;t ventured in North, eastern  and southern Africa. How did pple get to that number?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zizi-abo (@ziziaboo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ziziaboo\/status\/1235414552386379776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the Senegalese-American artist still earns plenty with his concerts and how popular his music is to date&#8230;..China is paying the bulk of the money.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/h1wantsgwop\/status\/1235240145777025024<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This in turn raised conspiracy theories about China developing African states like the Congo, Ethiopia, etc as a colonization tactic.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/saeedilad3\/status\/1235301119888437252<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Akon City<\/h3>\n<p>The truth is Akon really is creating his own city in Senegal. The singer wanted to created a &#8216;futuristic city&#8217; for eco-tourism. The project is legit and was authorized by Senegal\u2019s state-owned SAPCO tourism company.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;crypto-city&#8217;, built on 2,000 acres of land, will even have its own cryptocurrency called &#8216;Akoin&#8217;. Akon actually announced all these details earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal. Looking forward to hosting you there in the future <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsoYpmjnpf\">pic.twitter.com\/dsoYpmjnpf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AKON (@Akon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akon\/status\/1216803497057931264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/akon-donate-funds-diamer-bhasha-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Even Akon is Asking People to Donate for Diamer-Bhasha Dam<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Akon City will actually be a sustainable eco-tourism village. With everything run on renewable solar power. The objective being to campaign for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not all. The Akon City in Senegal will be the first of many if it is successful. This might expand to a 100-year project of inter-connected crypto-cities across Africa.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf it works, we will scale it out to all the other countries in Africa so all the cities are connected. It\u2019s going to be a 50-to-100-year project, most likely. I probably won\u2019t even live to see it finished. But for the project in Senegal, we have a 10-year deadline for that city to be built out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We might really be looking at Wakanda here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a video of Akon performing Umrah surfaced, many fans went wild over the idea that &#8216;he had converted to Islam&#8217;. Well its time to bust that myth. The Smack That singer was always a Muslim, not a convert.  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