Even though he has a birth certificate, R&B singing star Akon claims to have no idea how old he is- and he’d rather keep it that way.

“All it’s going to do is depress me,” the multiplatinum-selling recording artist told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “I don’t want to know I’m getting older. Then I’ll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don’t want that.”

Numerous reports have put his age between 25 to 35 years old. In 2006, he gave his age as 25. But now, he claims his birth certificate shows he was born on April 16, 1977, which would make him 31.

“In Africa … age is not important over there. They don’t care. People only focus on it here (America) and in Europe,” he explains.

You’re as old as you feel says the “Konvict” boss.

“I feel like I’m 21 right now. And I’ll be 21 for the next 10 years.”