“I started music because I wanted to launder money from my car hijacking business.” – Akon

“I started music because I wanted to launder money from my car hîjacking business.” Akon

“I never really wanted to be a musician. I was just making so much money stêaling cars that I had to figure out a way to lãunder and move it around.

I was making atleast $200k to $250k per week from car hijãçking. I always figured stêaling cars was better cuz I didn’t have to carry guns and all that.

At a point, the money became so much that I needed a legitimate business so I opened studios in Atlanta where people could record for free. It was great cuz recording studios at the time was a cash business.

But then after I got locked up and came out, I decided to try making music and when I made my first hit, I realized there’s much more money in music than in any îllegal activity on earth. So I started Konvict Music.” ~ Akon.