Bappi Lahiri to record song with Akon in May 2016

This won't be Akon's first association with Bollywood. He earlier did the "Chammak challo" for Shah Rukh Khan's "Ra.One".

Mumbai, Dec 24: Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri says he will collaborate with American rapper and songwriter Akon in May next year. “I recently recorded one song with Snoop Dogg, along with Tulsi Kumar for my forthcoming film. As far as Akon is concerned, I will be doing a song with him in Hollywood in the month of May and I am very excited about it,” Bappi told IANS. (ALSO READ;Sony Guild Awards 2016 best & worst: Priyanka Chopra, Sunny Leone, Sonakshi Sinha & Sonam Kapoor)

“My song with Akon is again for my next film for which I am composing the music,” he added, without revealing the name of the film. This won’t be Akon’s first association with Bollywood. He earlier did the “Chammak challo” for Shah Rukh Khan’s “Ra.One”. Meanwhile, Bappi has also associated with Barbeque Nation’s Bollywood Disco Carnival, a tribute to the golden era of Bollywood disco.