Akon Shares Michael Jackson Memories and His Pitch to Bring Back Britney Spears! | ET Then & Now

Akon sits down with ET’s Kevin Frazier for an intimate chat about his profession beginnings and subsequent chapter. The GRAMMY-nominated singer and producer, with hits like ‘Smack That,’ ‘Right Now’ and ‘I Wanna Love You,’ displays on his early days, together with how a penitentiary tour, performing for inmates after his personal jail keep, launched him to stardom. He shares recollections of rising up in Africa, then transferring to the US and dealing with Michael Jackson on a number of the King of Pop’s remaining music. He additionally affords his plea to Britney Spears to get again within the studio and make a brand new album! Akon’s newest album, ‘Beautiful Day,’ is out April 24, the identical day he kicks off his co-headlining tour with Ne-Yo, ‘Nights Like This.’

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