Akon: Building an Empire, Funding Africa, and Why 'I Am the Fund' Changes Everything | EYL

Earn Your Leisure · Jun 12, 2026 · 33m · transcript

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Contracts Feel Great

01:16 Welcome and Catch Up

03:02 Timeless Music Strategy

04:39 Building and Selling Catalog

07:03 Deal Equity and Renegotiation

08:05 Why Contracts Turn Bad

09:45 Thinking Like the Fund

12:08 Africa Projects and Politics

13:36 Outside Influence and Sacrifice

15:35 Coastal City Opportunities

17:34 Trade Drives Growth

17:50 Afrobeats Goes Mainstream

18:30 Beyond Sports And Fame

19:34 AI Disrupts Music

19:59 Building Khan GPT

20:53 Language Divides Africa

23:33 Tech Bridges Dialects

24:30 Powering An AI Future

26:00 Impressions Versus Sales

28:53 Tour Data…