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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Rich Pelley

Akon’s honest playlist: ‘The best song to have sex to? Smack That by Akon’

Ako
Akon … ‘Oops! … I Did It Again was embarrassing for me to like, because I was hanging around a bunch of gangsters’ Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

The first song I remember hearing
I don’t know if it’s the first song I remember hearing, but the first song I remember singing was No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley. I grew up in Senegal and I would sing it on my way to and from school.

The song I stream the most
I’m pretty versatile these days but I would probably say Costa Titch by Big Flexa featuring C’buda M, Alfa Kat, Banaba Des, Sdida & Man T.

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