According to Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the rapper, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, is reportedly from the United Kingdom and overstayed his visa.
ICE spokesman Brian Cox told Atlanta Journal-Constitution the 26-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper is an “unlawfully present United Kingdom national” who legally entered the U.S. in July 2005 on a visa. He said the visa expired the following year. 21 Savage has been placed in “removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts,” Cox says.
“His whole public persona is false,” an ICE spokesperson tells CNN. “He actually came to the U.S. from the U.K. as a teen and overstayed his visa.”
ICE also tells E! News they “arrested unlawfully present United Kingdom national Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph AKA ’21 Savage’ during a targeted operation with federal and local law enforcement partners early Sunday in metro Atlanta. Mr Abraham-Joseph was taken into ICE custody as he is unlawfully present in the U.S. and also a convicted felon.”
The rapper’s lawyer Dina LaPolt tells TMZ in a statement: “We are working diligently to get Mr Abraham-Joseph out of detention while we work with authorities to clear up any misunderstanding. Mr Abraham-Joseph is a role model to the young people in the country – especially in Atlanta, Georgia and is actively working in the community leading programs to help underprivileged youths in financial literacy.”
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