Rapper 21 Savage legally cleared to travel abroad, plans international performance in London
21 Savage can now legally travel outside the United States and plans to make his international performance in his native London. Savage's lawyer, Charles Kuck, told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that his client has officially become a permanent US resident and may now go overseas. He cleared a major travelling hurdle after being taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Georgia in 2019.
Kuck said the Grammy-nominated artist followed «all applicable immigration laws since his initial detention by ICE».
«His immigration court proceedings have now been terminated and he is a lawful permanent resident of the United States with the freedom to travel internationally,» Kuck said.
Savage, 30, whose given name is She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, spent 10 days in a detention centre in southern Georgia before his release.
He was arrested in a targeted operation over his visa, which expired in 2006.
The Atlanta-based rapper said he had no idea what a visa was when his mother brought him to the US at seven years old. He said in a 2019 interview with the AP that immigrants like him who lived in America illegally as children should automatically become US citizens.
