Akon arrested for failing to attend court on license suspension

Hip-hop artist Akon was arrested last Friday in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee for failing to appear in court on a citation for driving with a suspended license, according to local police records, leading to a brief jail stay before his release on bail the same day.

The incident stems from a September 10 traffic stop in Roswell, where police found the singer, whose legal name is Aliaune Thiam, in a disabled Tesla Cybertruck on a busy…