Why I Was Locked Out Of The USA For 5 Years (And Why I'm Finally Going Back)

Why I Was Locked Out Of The USA For 5 Years (And Why I'm Finally Going Back)

May 7, 2026 · 4 min

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Akira The Don shares his experience of being locked out of the USA for five years and his preparations to return.

Help the Don family get back to the USA and make an amazing new record here https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider I've got less than two weeks left in this studio before I have to finish packing everything up and fly to the USA to start the next chapter. I don't know when I'll have a fully functioning studio again. So these next two weeks, I'm gonna be working as hard as possible to get as much music done while I have this space. That's always the priority. I'm gonna keep making and releasing music to the standard to which you've become accustomed no matter what's happening in my life, no matter where I am, no matter what equipment I have. Last time I was in this same position, crazily enough was exactly five years ago. May 2021, my wife and son and I were living in Texas USA. I was working out the home studio I'd built surrounded by acoustic panels I'd crafted myself in the garage. The first garage I'd ever had. I was in the studio working 14 hours straight every single day, getting as much music as I could done. Not knowing when I'd next be able to be back in my studio again. What I did not know at the time was that I would never be back in that studio again. The plan at the…

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Places: USA, Texas, Mexico

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