Monday, February 4, 2019

US immigration official arrest rapper 21 Savage saying he is British

A Grammy-nominated rapper who professes to be American has been arrested by US immigration officials who say he is actually from the UK.

Officials say 21 Savage, whose given name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, came to the US as a child in 2005 and failed to leave when his visa expired a year later.

Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

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