Akon

Akon Passed On Drake

''This Kid Is Crazy...'' 9:30PM ET June 21st, 2012 Contributor : Rayna Dean A Rocky Williform Company Akon has discovered some of the biggest stars of the past ten years, including pop megastar Lady Gaga and Auto-Tuned crooner T-Pain. But he missed the chance to sign one of the biggest stars in hip hop when he made the decision to pass on future Young Money standout Drake. Akon's friend Kardinal Offishall told RapFix that Drake was one of Kon's biggest missed opportunities. "The biggest one that he passed on, I told him about Drake early," Kardi revealed. "I said, 'Kon, this kid is a T.V. star... and this kid is crazy.'" "I had met him years before he started with his first mixtape," Offishall said. "The thing that's dope about Drake is that I remember, like he was just hungry because he wanted to make that transition from the acting to the rapping."