Akon was banned from Sri Lanka on Monday (Mar. 22) after protests erupted over a music video which was deemed offensive to Buddhists.
He was slated to appear in Sri Lanka on April 24th, but following a protest by thousands of Buddhists who object to the video for David Guetta’s “Sexy Chick” which features Akon in the song and the video, the country’s Director General of Information revealed Akon’s Visa to enter the country has been denied and the show was canceled.
The video features scantily clad women dancing around a sacred Buddhist statue.