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Atlanta based rapper 21 Savage might not actually be from Atlanta after all. The rapper whose real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph was detained by ICE authorities and is currently deported as a British National who overstayed his welcome.
Via Atlanta Journal Constitution
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested rapper 21 Savage early Sunday morning, claiming that he is actually from the United Kingdom and overstayed his visa, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
21 Savage, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was taken into custody in a “targeted operation,” ICE spokesman Bryan Cox said.
Abraham-Joseph, 26, has claimed to be from Atlanta and has long been considered a local act. Just last fall, he gave free school supplies to more than 2,500 DeKalb County school students.
Cox, however, said Abraham-Joseph is an “unlawfully present United Kingdom national” who came to the U.S. on a visa in July 2005. His visa expired a year later, Cox said.
Savage is reportedly being deported because not only did his visa expire but he has a felony conviction on his record.
Via TMZ
He reportedly is being held for removal proceedings … this for being in the country illegally and for being a felon. He was convicted of drug charges in 2014.
His attorney, Dina LaPolt, tells TMZ, “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.”
The Internet was shocked to learn that Savage was British and not originally from Atlanta.
Why y’all 21 Savage like this?! 😩 pic.twitter.com/cjoL3W8w1r
— WORLDSTARHIPHOP (@WORLDSTAR) February 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/ericvdunn/status/1092169236045316097
21 savage went from being trash to rubbish
— Astead (@AsteadWH) February 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/CountOnVic/status/1092169760551374854
21 savage has been saying words like exquisite and talking about tea and crumpets, we really should have seen this coming pic.twitter.com/3jgCNDyX4n
— A A Ron (@Bringer0fSand) February 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/Felonious_munk/status/1092169264465874944
https://twitter.com/Significxnts/status/1092168971653206016
https://twitter.com/WileyUpdates/status/1092170072049754117
"Yo you heard about 21 Savage getting arrested?"
Me – "Naw, what he do? got caught with a gun, beat up someone?"
"No, he gotten arrested by ICE because he's actually from the UK and he's been living in the US illegally since 2006."
Me: pic.twitter.com/PWe6PfoMtk
— Shybaka (@Shybaka289) February 3, 2019