Akon Explains Not Signing Drake When He Had The Chance. Hop into the post for all the details in Akon’s in depth interview with Montreality! #IFWT!

Akon is responsible for the career of T-Pain, Lady Gaga and many more ground breaking artists via his Konvict Muzik and KonLive record labels. When you’re someone with such a resume like Akon, your bound to miss out on a few big names that could have been under your belt. In Akon’s case, it was one of the biggest artists to blow up in the past 10 years.

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“I honestly did pass on him because at the time, he didn’t sound like what he sounded like today.The ‘Best I Ever Had,’ it wasn’t even close to what that sounded like. I think he was at a position where he was finding himself. And I kind of heard it in the music, but ultimately, as time goes, people develop and they get better and they become the best because of things like that.”

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Akon says that Canadian rapper-producer Kardinal Offshall is the one who brought Drake’s Music to him. According to Akon Drake used to be shy and has developed into a superstar that he is today.

Akon’s exact words were:

“I think his confidence has grown a lot,” You can see it on stage now. He’s fully-developed. Right now, I just feel like he’s the top at what he do.”

In the Montreality interview Akon also speaks on how he started in the game, jobs he had before becoming one of the biggest Hip Hop producers of all time and his views on politics.

Check out Akon explaining why he didn’t sign drake below! #IFWT!