Senegalese-American superstar, Akon has revealed a certain secret about the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
While sharing his experience of meeting Michael Jackson, Akon said “Michael Jackson loved supermodels with little booty”.
Akon who sat for an interview on Sway’s Universe with Sway Calloway and others said he and the late singer had the best of conversations as they literarily talked about everything including women.
He said: “Conversation with Mike was the best. You see how me and you converse? That’s how me and Mike were conversing. We literarily talked about everything. Business, family, women, industry..like everything.”
When Sway asked what Michael Jackson said about women, Akon revealed that the late superstar loved slim supermodels with little booty.
In his words: “I knew you were gonna ask that. This is about to be all over the internet. But Mike’s type were supermodels. He liked slim supermodels. He loved slim supermodels.
“My type, I like slim, thick. I was like, ‘Mike, you don’t like no booty?’ And he was like, ‘No, not too much booty, just little’”.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that “Hold My Hand” is a duet performed by American singer-songwriters Michael Jackson and Akon, from Jackson’s first posthumous album Michael (2010).
The song was originally recorded by Akon and Jackson in 2007. The song was an international top 10 hit in nations such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Co-writer Claude Kelly told HitQuarters that “Hold My Hand” was originally written with Whitney Houston in mind.
Akon and Kelly had been in the studio working on songs for Houston’s I Look to You album and while on his own Kelly completed the song from a track Akon had left.
After hearing the song later, Akon said that he loved it and wanted to keep it for himself, so he wanted to record his own version of it.
Shortly afterward Akon went to Las Vegas to work on what would have been Michael Jackson’s next album. While there, Jackson heard the song and loved it, and decided he wanted to contribute to it.
When Kelly was asked what he thought it was about the song that struck a chord with both Akon and Jackson, he said that it was the song’s theme of friendship and togetherness.
“Hold My Hand” was recorded by Jackson and Akon in 2007. Akon finished the rest of his vocals for the song in 2010, a few days before the release.
A handwritten note from Jackson belonging to his Estate indicated his desire that “Hold My Hand” be the first single on his next project. However, in its unfinished state, the song leaked out in 2008. This would be the last new song leaked during Jackson’s lifetime.
Due to the leak, the song was subsequently pulled from Akon’s track listing for his 2008 album, Freedom. Akon regretted the decision after Jackson died the next year and decided to finish the song in his honor.
Akon commented, “The world was not ready to hear ‘Hold My Hand’ when it leaked a couple years ago. We were devastated about it. But its time has definitely come; now in its final state, it has become an incredible, beautiful, anthemic song. I’m so proud to have had the chance to work with Michael, one of my all time idols.”
Before the official release of the song, Akon stated on Twitter that the final version would have more of Jackson’s vocals. The song was released globally on Monday, November 15, 2010, at 12:01am EST.
It was available to stream from Jackson’s official website. Jackson’s nephew, Taj Jackson, posted a message saying that his uncle was proud of the song.
“I’ll never forget that smile he had on his face as the song played through the speakers [in his room] at the Palms Hotel in Vegas,” Taj said.
The song is the second collaboration between the two artists and the second consecutive duet single release for Jackson, following “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008”.
‘Hold My Hand’ proved a commercial success and charted within the top 20 in several countries.
