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Anonymous ID: 483edb Feb. 3, 2019, 2:48 p.m. No.5018092   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8141 >>8280 >>8458 >>8526 >>8557

Rapper 21 Savage Arrested by ICE Ahead of Super Bowl: Reports

 

Rapper 21 Savage has been detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a spokesman.

 

The agency said the rapper, whose real name is Shayaabin Abraham-Joseph, is a resident of the United Kingdom and is illegally present in the United States, CNN reported on Feb. 3.

 

The agency said he legally entered the United States in 2005 when he was minor, but he failed to depart the country under the terms of his visa.

 

His visa expired in July 2006 and became unlawfully present in the U.S., ICE said.

 

“Mr. Abraham-Joseph is presently in ICE custody in Georgia and has been placed into removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts,” ICE said in a statement about the matter.

 

The agency said his case will now be heard by a federal immigration judge to determine the next move.

 

Abraham-Joseph was also convicted on felony drug charges in 2014 in Georgia, ICE said.

 

His attorney, Dina LaPolt, told TMZ: “We are working diligently to get Mr. Abraham-Joseph out of detention while we work with authorities to clear up any misunderstanding.”

 

He claimed that the rapper is “a role model to the young people in the country … and is actively working in the community leading programs to help underprivileged youths in financial literacy.”

 

According to TMZ, it’s not clear what U.K. territory he is from, but reports have indicated that he hails from the Caribbean island of Dominica, an associated state of the U.K.

 

Cox told CNN the rapper, who has made a number of hit songs, was arrested in a targeted sting.

 

He released his first album, “Issa Album,” in 2017 and second album, “I Am I Was,” in December 2018.

 

Abraham-Joseph performed in Atlanta as recently as Thursday during the Super Bowl Music Fest at State Farm Arena, WSB reported

 

The station reported that Abraham-Joseph had claimed to be from Atlanta and was long considered a local act.

 

Other details about the case are not clear.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/rapper-21-savage-arrested-by-ice-ahead-of-super-bowl-reports_2789142.html