( NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub.

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The Akon city project was expected to be completed by 2023 but has since faced significant challenges and delays.

Reportedly costing $6 billion, Akon City was set to feature a uniquely curved skyscraper but after five years of setbacks, the 800-hectare site based in Mbodiène is still void of any life.

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The "Locked Up" rapper's dream for a futuristic Senegalese city may not become a reality.