Akon recently sat down for an interview with The-Sun, where he opened up about his friendship with Michael Jackson in the later part of the controversial entertainer's life.
Akon revealed that he was around Michael a lot while he was preparing for a London concert residency in 2009, and he detailed how Michael was relying on sleeping pills. Akon explained, "He was so happy and excited that he was about to go to London and lock these 50 dates in and remind the world who he was and what his value was to pop music.
"He didn’t even sleep. That is why he was taking sleeping pills because he was too damn excited. He would be up for weeks at a time thinking about how he wanted everybody to have the most amazing experience, he wanted to create something that was going to be talked about for centuries."
From there, Akon explained Michael's determination to give fans the best show, stating, "He never believed there was something he could not accomplish or could not do. Even though his age prevented him from doing a lot of the moves that he did when he was younger, his mind told him ‘No, you can do this.
"I don’t care what you have got to do, you are going to show everyone, and show yourself and just do it. You are not going to complain. You are going to find a way to make it work. If you have to work out 25 hours a day to do it [and] when that day comes you are going to make it happen.' He was that kind of person. So he pushed himself to the limit and if he wasn’t satisfied he was going to stay there until he was satisfied. It is kind of a gift and a curse."
Source: The-Sun
