{"id":507456,"date":"2022-11-07T04:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/akon-explains-why-he-didnt-sign-moneybagg-yo\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T04:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:27:26","slug":"akon-explains-why-he-didnt-sign-moneybagg-yo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-explains-why-he-didnt-sign-moneybagg-yo\/","title":{"rendered":"#Akon Explains Why He Didn\u2019t Sign Moneybagg Yo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd27099ab7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd27099ab7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-explains-why-he-didnt-sign-moneybagg-yo\/#%E2%80%9CAkon_Explains_Why_He_Didnt_Sign_Moneybagg_Yo%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Akon Explains Why He Didn\u2019t Sign Moneybagg Yo&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAkon_Explains_Why_He_Didnt_Sign_Moneybagg_Yo%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Akon Explains Why He Didn\u2019t Sign Moneybagg Yo&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/Akon-Explains-Why-He-Didnt-Sign-Moneybagg-Yo-1198x675.png\" alt=\"Akon Explains Why He Didn\u2019t Sign Moneybagg Yo\" class=\"large\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Akon has explained why he passed on an opportunity to sign trending rap star Moneybagg Yo.<\/p>\n<p>In his recent interview with <em>VladTV<\/em> published on Saturday (November 5), the music and business mogul discussed his relationships with previous signees including Rock City, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> sensation Jeffree Star, and Memphis r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er OG Boo Dirty \u2014 who Akon revealed introduced him to Moneybagg Yo before he joined Yo Gotti\u2019s Collective Music Group roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd mind you OG Boo Dirty was the one that introduced me to Moneybagg [Moneybagg Yo] you know he\u2019s signed to Yo Gotti but we had him first okay but we never signed him,\u201d Akon said in part. \u201cAin\u2019t that crazy, OG came to me and said, \u2018Yo Kon he\u2019s the next n-gga,\u2019 like, but at the time I wasn\u2019t focused.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Akon, everything changed when the pair of rappers paid a visit to his home years ago to play him unreleased music, which the \u201cLocked Up\u201d vocalist says convinced him the \u201cWockesha\u201d rapper was next in line to blow up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOG came to the house, I mean um he brought Moneybagg with him and Moneybagg had a record bro, till this day if he release it I always said that was gonna be his biggest record, it\u2019s called \u2018I Need A Plug\u2019 okay I heard that record I went fuckin\u2019 crazy,\u201d Akon said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh this record is out of here this kid is gone,\u2019 that\u2019s what convinced me to what it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, before he could lock in anything formal with Moneybagg Yo, Akon, who is in the midst of managing the construction of a multi-billion dollar city in the African country of Senegal, says he had to fly overseas for business. He says by the time he came back, Moneybagg had already created a buzz of his own with various mixtape releases, but Akon says he was still reluctant to move forward with a record deal offer \u2014 despite OG Boo Dirty\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I flew off the overseas and come back for like six months later,\u201d Akon said in part. He continued, \u201cBy the time I came back he was already moving on mixtape circuits, but then again I didn\u2019t want to be dealing with rappers so. OG kept saying \u2018Yo man I\u2019m telling this n-gga going, he going. Get him Kon, get him.\u2019 I said ,\u2019I know man but I don\u2019t know if I want to be dealing with no rappers man,\u2019 OG was like \u2018All right bro I\u2019m telling you gonna regret it\u2019. Not saying I regret it, but, OG called it yeah OG Boo dirty caught all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moneybagg Yo reached superstar status in 2021 after earning his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in April with the release of his album <em>A Gangsta\u2019s Pain, <\/em>which sold roughly 110,000 total first-week album-equivalent album units.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akon on Why He Didn&#039;t Sign Moneybagg Yo: I Had Him Before Yo Gotti (Part 19)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRWU-ll9fhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Devon Jefferson\">by Devon Jefferson<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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