In line with Drake‘s new tune, his frequent collaborator and present tourmate, 21 Savage, has resolved his immigration points — and a supply tells Billboard the rapper is now planning a global tour.
On Thursday (Oct. 5), Drake launched a brand new freestyle known as “8 AM in Charlotte,” and in it reveals — amongst different issues — that 21 Savage has lastly obtained his inexperienced card, after practically being deported in 2019 attributable to an expired visa. On it, Drake raps: “Savage acquired a inexperienced card straight out of the consulate. The place I am going, you go, brother, we Yugoslavian.”
The information comes at an opportune time for the Atlanta rapper as he’ll be serving to Drake shut out the ultimate dates of his It’s All A Blur North American tour. The tour hits Toronto — Drake’s hometown and in addition, notably, not in america — for reveals Friday and Saturday, earlier than wrapping in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 9. On the tour’s earlier Canadian tour dates, 21 Savage didn’t carry out. J. Cole and Travis Scott crammed in for him on the Montreal and Vancouver concert events, respectively.
21 Savage, who was born in the UK and legally arrived stateside at age 7, was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in February 2019 after they mentioned he was “unlawfully current” in america on a 2005 visa that expired one yr after his arrival. In an interview final yr with Math Hoffa for the My Professional Opinion podcast, 21 Savage defined how Jay-Z and Meek Mill helped get him out of custody.
“I known as Meek whereas I used to be in jail and advised Meek, ‘Bro, I simply acquired locked up.’ He known as Jay-Z, and Jay-Z put a lawyer on my case,” mentioned 21 Savage. “He performed a task in getting me out. He ain’t simply doing that sh– for anyone simply cuz your rap. You gotta be from a sure fabric… I don’t really feel like he’s simply doing that for anyone. I ain’t Roc Nation or none of that sh–.”
Regardless of his launch, the arrest by ICE brokers led to authorized proceedings over his immigration standing — a course of that was additional difficult in 2021 when Atlanta-area prosecutors unveiled felony expenses referring to medicine and a handgun allegedly throughout the 2019 arrest. In an interview with TMZ final yr, 21 Savage’s lawyer mentioned these felony expenses had been delaying any decision of the immigration case.
A consultant for the district lawyer in DeKalb County, Ga., the place the felony expenses had been filed, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the standing of that case. 21 Savage’s reps additionally didn’t reply to Billboard‘s requests for remark.
Further reporting by Invoice Donahue.
