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Akon On Gaga: I Cashed Out While It Was Hot

Senegalese R&B star suggests that he dropped Lady Gaga because she'd reached her peak...

Akon has claimed in an interview that he no longer works with Lady Gaga because she's on the decline.

The Senegalese R&B star stirred things up in an interview with DJ Sway in the States, claiming that he "cashed out" on his record label's deal with her.

Asked if he is "still involved" with Gaga, he responded: "Actually I cashed out."

He and his interviewer then laugh, before he adds: "I got out while the gooding (sic) was hot. It's like a business, you build it to sell it.

"When I got it to the peak of where I felt it couldn't go nowhere, and there was nowhere left to go but down, I cashed out, in other words I sold my share and got out before it was too late."

And when another DJ suggested that Gaga's ARTPOP album has failed to match the performance of her previous offering, he agreed and said: "That's why I got out."

Akon has previously claimed that his deal with Gaga on his KonLive label has set him up for retirement.

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