21 Savage Arrested By ICE, Who Accuse Him of Being a British National Who Overstayed his Visa

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It was all good just a week ago.

This weekend, 21 Savage was arrested by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who say that the one-thought-to-be-Atlanta-born rapper is actually a British citizen who moved to the U.S. in 2005 at the age of 13, effectively overstaying his visa a year later. Reportedly, 21’s associate Young Nudy was also nabbed during the arrest.

“Mr. Abraham-Joseph was taken into ICE custody as he is unlawfully present in the U.S. and also a convicted felon. Mr. Abraham-Joseph initially entered the U.S. legally in July 2005, but subsequently failed to depart under the terms of his nonimmigrant visa”, Cox emailed https://t.co/MeqSZAFAcz

— Mark Winne (@MarkWinneWSB) February 3, 2019

So, what does this mean for his career and subject matter: absolutely nothing, in my opinion. He’s been here since he was 13, so everything he’s said in his raps shouldn’t immediately be discredit — especially since unfortunate circumstances like his felony drug charges in 2014 are public record (very interesting that ICE “was not aware of his immigration status at the time…only [learning] later”). Also, the slew of memes seem to show that most people think the United Kingdom is all tea, crumpets and regal living — you’ll only need to do a bit of research to see that isn’t the case.

Its official 21 Savage is from the endzzzzz pic.twitter.com/GiNkjmD7aF

— UK Rap (@UKRap) February 4, 2019

Currently, 21’s legal team are working on a way to get the situation resolved (Akademiks even tweeted about this, below), and we’re hopefully that the successful artist/father is able to get through this without being forced out of the country.

Spoke to 21 savage team… this whole situation a big misunderstanding … hope it gets cleared up quickly. There’s a logical explanation behind everything as well… but until then them U.K. jokes gonna fly. When the real story comes out a lot will identify with it .

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) February 3, 2019

Also they told me their first priority is his freedom and sorting this out…. not tryna prove to ppl online where he from or whatever else is being said. And of course definitely denying all claims that his “rap persona” is fake.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) February 3, 2019

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