WHITNEY HOUSTON DIDN’T WANT TO WORK WITH AKON + REPLACING MICHAEL JACKSON ON TOUR?!

WHITNEY HOUSTON DIDN’T WANT TO WORK WITH AKON + REPLACING MICHAEL JACKSON ON TOUR?!

Whitney Houston has confessed that in the beginning she was a bit hesitant about working with Konvict Akon, when her mentor Clive Davis first suggested the collaboration. She says,

“When Clive told me I would be working with Akon, I thought, ‘Hmm, interesting, um, all right’. I wanted the record like ‘My Love Is Your Love’ with an island feel. I wanted an island record because ‘My Love Is Your Love’ is so huge and it has its own fashion with Wyclef. I wanted that feeling, but I didn’t know who could do that. And Clive came and said, ‘Akon is the guy that we’re going to work with.’ And I was like, ‘OK, Akon. OK, I can deal with that.’ “

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For some odd reason, Whitney still wasn’t feeling Akon why they first met each other. Apparently, the diva  still wasn’t convinced that she could work with him. However, she insists that she’s happy she gave him a chance instead of completely turning her back on a possible collaboration.

She adds, “I was asking him, ‘Did your mother name you Akon?’ And he said, ‘No, it means a convict.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, God. OK, all right, I can handle that.’ He’s a gentleman. He did his work very well. We did it very quickly, very diligently, and I’m very proud of that record. It’s a great record.”

In related news, after the unexpected death of the Michael Jackson, who was expected to perform 50 shows at London’s O2 arena, promoters over at AEG Live are on their grind in an attempt to find a replacement that can take the King of Pop’s place. Word is they have diva, Whitney Houston in mind to take on a few of the 23 dates Michael had scheduled for early next year. A snitch reveals,

“Whitney Houston has been on the O2 arena wish-list for a while – she has the voice and hits to sell out the arena out several times over.”

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