Akon: Building an Empire, Funding Africa, and Why 'I Am the Fund' Changes Everything | EYL

TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Contracts Feel Great01:16 Welcome and Catch Up03:02 Timeless Music Strategy04:39 Building and Selling Catalog07:03 Deal Equity and Renegotiation08:05 Why Contracts Turn Bad09:45 Thinking Like the Fund12:08 Africa Projects and Politics13:36 Outside Influence and Sacrifice15:35 Coastal City Opportunities17:34 Trade Drives Growth17:50 Afrobeats Goes Mainstream18:30 Beyond Sports And Fame19:34 AI Disrupts Music19:59 Building Khan GPT20:53 Language Divides Africa23:33 Tech Bridges Dialects24:30 Powering An AI Future26:00 Impressions Versus Sales28:53 Tour Data And Superfans31:43 Akon And Ne Yo Tour32:31 Album Tour Wrap Up Akon sits down with Earn Your Leisure and breaks down WHY your record deal isn't the problem, how he thinks about investing like NO ONE else in the music industry, the REAL reason Africa hasn't reached its full potential, and why billions of social media impressions matter more than first-week sales. Plus — his new album Beautiful Day, a 60-city world tour with Ne-Yo, and why he's building an AI company in Dubai targeting ALL African dialects. Topics Covered: Why bad contracts only feel bad when you're making money"I'm not thinking like a hedge fund — I AM the fund"Selling pieces of his catalog to fund an entire city in AfricaAfrica's REAL enemy (hint: it's not just colonialism)TikTok vs Billboard — which one actually mattersKhan GPT: Akon's AI built for Africa's 1,200+ languagesBeautiful Day album + 60-city tour w/ Ne-Yo Subscribe and watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@EarnYourLeisure Join the EYL community for deeper training and a more detailed approach:https://www.eyluniversity.com Join the number one stock club in the world:https://www.ianinvest.com Invest Fest | August 7-9, 2026Grab early bird tickets now: https://www.investfest.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.