Akon’s SUV Stolen in Atlanta as Star is Pumping Gasoline 

Singer Akon reportedly had his SUV stolen whereas he was refueling his automotive in Atlanta.

The Atlanta Police Division informed FOX 5 that the incident occurred at simply after midnight on Tuesday, at a fuel station in Buckhead.

Based on the publication, the occasions unfolded on the QuikTrip fuel station situated on the 700 block of Sydney Marcus Boulevard.

The Atlanta Police Division’s Capt. Graham stated: “It solely takes a second for somebody to leap in your car and take off.”

Police urged drivers to not go away their automobiles working whereas filling up exterior.

Anybody with info that might assist officers with the investigation is requested to contact the Atlanta Police Division.

Newsweek has contacted the Atlanta Police Division and representatives of Akon for remark.

Akon, actual identify Aliaune Thiam, began making music in 2003 and has a reel of accolades underneath his belt, together with 5 Grammy nominations.

The Missouri-born rapper beforehand credited music with maintaining him out of jail after he had a variety of run-ins with the regulation, together with a conviction in 1998 for gun possession.

“I used to be cussed, and I used to be simply unhealthy, unhealthy as shit, however rap gave me a chance, as a result of in the end with out the music, I might have in all probability been on any individual’s loss of life row,” he informed Newsweek in 2017.

The “Do not Matter” hitmaker has since set his sights on philanthropy in a bid to assist his residence continent Senegal.

In 2014, he started the Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which got down to present reasonably priced electrical energy to a number of the 600 million individuals with out it in Africa.

The challenge has helped 32.3 million individuals to this point, based on the group’s web site.

The enterprise just isn’t the one challenge fronted by the “Ain’t No Peace” singer. In 2018, Akon introduced AKoin, a mobile-friendly cryptocurrency.

He additionally introduced plans for a solar-powered “Akon Metropolis”, a futuristic growth powered by AKoin. The town goals to run on renewable vitality by Akon Lighting Africa.

Akon beforehand informed Newsweek how he hopes the epic challenge, which is anticipated to span many years, will in the future rival Dubai.

“With the Akoin we’re constructing cities, the primary one being in Senegal,” he stated. “We’re securing the land and shutting out all of the laws papers for the town. We wish to make it a free zone, and cryptocurrency-driven as a take a look at market.”

He added that the enterprise might take as much as 100 years however he hopes to see the Senegal portion of the challenge accomplished inside 10 years.