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Singer Akon reportedly had his SUV stolen while he was refueling his car in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Police Department told FOX 5 that the incident took place at just after midnight on Tuesday, at a gas station in Buckhead.
According to the publication, the events unfolded at the QuikTrip gas station located on the 700 block of Sydney Marcus Boulevard.
The Atlanta Police Department's Capt. Graham said: "It only takes a second for someone to jump in your vehicle and take off."
Police urged drivers not to leave their cars running while filling up outside.
Anyone with information that could help officers with the investigation is asked to contact the Atlanta Police Department.
Newsweek has contacted the Atlanta Police Department and representatives of Akon for comment.
Akon, real name Aliaune Thiam, started making music in 2003 and has a reel of accolades under his belt, including five Grammy nominations.
The Missouri-born rapper previously credited music with keeping him out of prison after he had a number of run-ins with the law, including a conviction in 1998 for gun possession.
"I was stubborn, and I was just bad, bad as shit, but rap gave me an opportunity, because ultimately without the music, I'd have probably been on somebody's death row," he told Newsweek in 2017.
The "Don't Matter" hitmaker has since set his sights on philanthropy in a bid to help his home continent Senegal.
In 2014, he began the Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which set out to provide affordable electricity to some of the 600 million people without it in Africa.
The project has helped 32.3 million people so far, according to the organization's website.
The venture is not the only project fronted by the "Ain't No Peace" singer. In 2018, Akon announced AKoin, a mobile-friendly cryptocurrency.
He also announced plans for a solar-powered "Akon City", a futuristic development powered by AKoin. The city aims to run on renewable energy through Akon Lighting Africa.
Akon previously told Newsweek how he hopes the epic project, which is expected to span decades, will one day rival Dubai.
"With the Akoin we are building cities, the first one being in Senegal," he said. "We're securing the land and closing out all the legislation papers for the city. We want to make it a free zone, and cryptocurrency-driven as a test market."
He added that the venture could take up to 100 years but he hopes to see the Senegal portion of the project completed within 10 years.
