Atlanta rapper 21 Savage is arrested by ICE because he's actually a BRITISH citizen who came to the US when he was 12 on a visa and never left Rapper 21 Savage, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham- Joseph, was arrested in the Atlanta area Sunday morning by ICE officers ICE spokesman said the rapper is a British citizen who entered the US legally in July 2005 at the age of 12 but overstayed his visa which expired in 2006 The 26-year-old is still in ICE custody and placed in deportation proceedings Records show his birth is registered in the London borough of Newham This comes as a shock to his fans who believed he was an Atlanta native Abraham-Joseph is nominated for two awards at next week's Grammys
By Kayla Brantley For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:02 GMT, 3 February 2019 | Updated: 00:00 GMT, 4 February 2019
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Rapper 21 Savage, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham- Joseph, was arrested in the Atlanta area Sunday morning by ICE officers
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage has been arrested by ICE officers and is in federal immigration custody in Georgia.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox says the rapper, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham- Joseph, is a British citizen who entered the US legally in July
