NO FLAG

ICE Arrests Rapper 21 Savage, Says He’s Actually British

The immigration agency said the rapper came to the U.S. in 2005 and overstayed his visa.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested rapper 21 Savage on Sunday, multiple outlets reported. The agency claimed that the rapper, whose real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, 26, is not actually from Atlanta—as widely believed—but instead is from the United Kingdom and overstayed his visa. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 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,” the agency said in a statement. An ICE spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Abraham-Joseph legally entered the U.S. in July 2005 on a visa, which expired a year later.