21 Savage Speaks Out For The First Time Since Arrest

Fans have been shocked to study that 21 Savage was born within the UK. The rapper, actual title Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was believed to be from Atlanta earlier than being taken into custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) as half a focused investigation regarding his immigration standing.


Savage well-overstayed a visa that expired 13 years in the past. He was simply 7 when his mother and father moved the household to Atlanta — and he claims it’s all he is aware of.

“I ain’t know what a visa was,” he reveals within the interview with Good Morning America.

“I used to be seven after I first got here right here. I knew I wasn’t born right here however I didn’t know what which means so far as how I transitioned into an grownup,” he reveals within the interview beneath. “I wasn’t hiding it. But I didn’t wish to get deported so I wasn’t simply finna be like, ‘Hey, by the best way, I wasn’t born right here.'”

The rapper recounts getting arrested. He mentioned he was driving after which out of the blue he simply noticed “weapons and blue lights.” He was put within the again the automobile and brought away. He says the police didn’t say a lot on the time the arrest apart from — “We bought Savage.”

“I don’t assume the coverage is damaged,” Savage says optimistically. “I really feel the best way they implement the coverage is damaged.”

21 Savage was launched on a $100,000 bond on Wednesday.

His #1 precedence proper now could be to develop into a U.S. citizen.

21 Savage Fears Deportation After ICE Arrest

 

H/T: Noisey