‘They Sell More Than Wigs’

Akon is looking to getting into the hair market.

In a recent interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood, the singer was asked about a previous appearance where fans commented on his infamous hairpiece. “Yeah, I had a piece on,” he revealed after Big Boy complimented him by saying the piece was “immaculate.”

“No, listen, it’s always immaculate when you put it on for the first three days, four days,” he added. “But then after that, you got to go back to see the barber to get it touched up. The problem with me, I travel so much, if I don’t fly my barber down, then I got to keep the durag on super tight.”

He further explained the process of how they try to make the piece look as natural as possible before revealing that he isn’t the only celebrity to have one. “It’s almost like a male wig, it’s almost like a toupée,” he began. “But the difference is you cut your hair bald, but you leave the sides open. The area where you losing hair, they replace it with a piece — they call it a unit, put it like that. And then they cut it and blend it in with your original hair. You’d be surprised how many celebrities actually got it.”

Akon then told Big Boy that he plans to eventually create his own line of male hairpieces and sell them. “I’m definitely coming out with some units, I promise you,” he said. “Man, they are so popular. They sell more than wigs. Half the guys in the VIP section, I would say out of 10 of them, seven of them got wigs on.”

Back in 2022, Akon confirmed that he went to Turkey to receive a hair transplant.

You can watch the full interview below.