Akon's been on the Lady Gaga train from the get-go, having signed her to his Kon Live label and co-written her first hit, 'Just Dance.' The Yonkers girl has been recording her new album on the road during her 'Monster Ball' tour, and Akon recently told Vibe magazine, "I'm flying out to Europe to work on some new records with her."While always cheering the pop star from the sidelines, Akon has been more public and strident in her defense, claiming last week that Lady Gaga makes Christina Aguilera "insecure" and stating that Gaga's next round of tracks are "crazy." All this in the ongoing Gaga backlash that's included Grace Jones suggesting the singer stole her style and MIA's tirade against the singer as a "good mimic" who's "not progressive."
No word yet on the specific Akon collaborations. Lady Gaga's new single 'Alejandro' dropped this week as a video shoot for it began.
1. Lady Gaga is not from Yonkers, she's from Manhattan.
Posted at 4:02PM on Apr 23rd 2010 by nicole
2. I love that these two are working together!
And Christina Aguilera has been gracious enough to ignore the rumors and praise female artists who are currently taking risks. She talked about that on a radio interview, so the suspected conflict between Gaga and her is overhyped and ridiculous.
Also, just for future reference, Gaga is not from Yonkers. In fact, on a Jay Leno interview, she said that's the one rumor that really makes her angry.
Posted at 10:08PM on Apr 23rd 2010 by JT Mark
3. Lady gaga and Akon working together is when the magic happens. They are both amazing:)
Love you Gaga
Your little monster forever
Posted at 1:38PM on May 21st 2010 by Dario Pacheco