Rapper, 21 Savage Arrested In USA For Over Staying His Visa

21 Savage was arrested on Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who allege the Atlanta rapper is a United Kingdom national who stayed in the U.S. illegally.

Rapper 21 Savage, who has long said he is from the US state of Georgia, was detained as officials say he is from the UK and overstayed his American visa.

An ICE spokesperson told CNN’s Nick Valencia per the journalist’s tweets.

“He actually came to the U.S. from the U.K. as a teen and overstayed his visa.” 

BREAKING- @ICEgov spokesman tells me @21savage was taken into custody by ICE. “His whole public persona is false. He actually came to the U.S. from the U.K. as a teen and overstayed his visa.” MORE COMING

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) February 3, 2019

BREAKING- @21savage was in the car with another rapper who was the target of a criminal arrest. 21 was taken into custody by law enforcement after they learned of his immigration status. “There is no misunderstanding. 21 Savage is a British National.”: Law Enforcement source

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) February 3, 2019

He wasn’t the target. Another rapper was. 21 got caught up while in the car. It wasn’t a targeted immigration detention as initially implied in the ICE release https://t.co/hfZaVl6btD

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) February 4, 2019