LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Rapper 21 Savage can now legally travel outside the United States and plans to make his international performance in his native London.
Savage鈥檚 lawyer, Charles Kuck, told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that his client has officially become a permanent U.S. resident and may now go overseas. He cleared a major traveling hurdle after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Georgia in 2019.
Kuck said the Grammy winner followed 鈥渁ll applicable immigration laws since his initial detention by ICE.鈥�
鈥淗is immigration court proceedings have now been terminated and he is a lawful permanent resident of the United States with the freedom to travel internationally,鈥� Kuck said.
Savage, 30, whose given name is She鈥檡aa Bin Abraham-Joseph, spent 10 days in a detention center in southern Georgia before his release. He was arrested in a targeted operation over his visa, which expired in 2006.
The rapper said he had no idea what a visa was when his mother brought him to the U.S. at 7 years old. He said in a with the AP that immigrants like him who lived in America illegally as children should automatically become U.S. citizens.
Savage said the visa application process discourages many immigrants who don鈥檛 have documents because it 鈥渉angs over your head forever.鈥�
Savage made his announcement about returning to London via but did not give details.
Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press
