Singer Akon, recognized for hits similar to ‘Lonely’ and ‘Proper Now’, was arrested in Georgia, USA.
The artist spent hours behind bars after being apprehended for an out-of-county warrant, in line with legislation enforcement officers.
Akon, actual identify Aliaune Thiam, was taken into custody by the Chamblee Police Division on Friday (7 November).
He was reportedly arrested in DeKalb County, Atlanta, on a warrant issued out of Roswell, New Mexico, although particulars of the warrant stay unclear.
Akon was booked round noon on Friday, spending six hours within the county jail earlier than reportedly being launched at 6.30pm that night after being processed.
The 52-year-old from Missouri, US, was pictured in a mug shot sporting a again hoodie whereas remaining ‘expressionless’, as DeKalb County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed the arrest to TMZ.
It is not the primary time Akon has hung out behind bars, having been cuffed again in 1998 after being charged with automotive theft fees, spending months behind bars earlier than the costs had been dropped.
10 years on from this incident, Akon pleaded responsible to second-degree harassment and endangering the welfare of a minor, after he threw a 15-year-old fan off the stage in the course of his efficiency at Duchess Stadium in New York.
He was fined $350 (£265) and ordered to do 65 hours of neighborhood service, with the artist even reportedly assembly the fan outdoors the courthouse after the listening to to apologise.
Whereas Akon was apprehended on US soil, the arrest comes previous to the Senegalese-American’s tour in India, having carried out in Delhi on 9 November and is about to carry out in Bengaluru on Friday (14 November) earlier than placing on a present for the individuals of Mumbai on Sunday (16 November).
His subsequent American present is slated for Las Vegas on 3 January 2026, with the star persevering with to carry out into his 50s.
The artist is answerable for a few of the catchier tunes of the 2000s, together with some with some slightly risqué lyrics, unbeknownst to youngsters of the time.
His track ‘I Wanna Love You’ that includes Snoop Dogg, which has an express model titled ‘I Wanna F**okay You’, contains lyrics similar to: “I see you winding and grinding up on that pole / I do know you see me you and also you already know / I wanna f**okay you.”
Final 12 months, Akon told Metro: “I might by no means condone anybody to alter their previous, as a result of their previous is the place they make who they’re, it’s what makes them who they’re at present.”
“However for essentially the most half, I do find it irresistible all, and I really feel just like the acceptance of what that was, lyrically at the moment, was obligatory for me to change into what I’m at present,” he stated, concluding that he ‘by no means regrets it in any respect’.
LADbible Group has contacted Akon’s reps, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Workplace and Chamblee Police Division for remark.
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