( 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 52-year-old first announced plans for this futuristic Wakanda-esque cityscape seven years ago, which was designed to operate on his new cryptocurrency 'Akoin'.

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Akon's futuristic city in Senegal, known as Akon City, has officially been scrapped. Now the nation will use the land to ...

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