Rapper 21 Savage was arrested early Sunday morning in Atlanta by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who said he is an "unlawfully present United Kingdom national," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
ICE spokesman Bryan Cox said the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, came to the United States on a visa in July 2005, which expired in 2006. He was arrested in a "targeted operation," Cox said, and has been placed in "removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts."
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