21 Savage’s legal team is speaking up following reports the British-born artist was carrying a loaded gun at the time of his ICE arrest. According to a statement sent to HipHopDX, attorney Brian Steel unequivocally denies the Glock found in the red Dodge Challenger belonged to 21 Savage. He also insists the vehicle didn’t belong to the I Am > I Was rapper either.
“That was not his car and the gun retrieved is not his,” Steel said. “No one will be falsely accusing my client. 21 Savage has done absolutely nothing wrong.”
Alex Spiro, who was brought on by JAY-Z and Roc Nation to assist the case, also refutes the recently reported arrest by the Atlanta Police Department.
“ICE has confirmed he was targeted for immigration enforcement and nothing more,” Spiro explained in the statement. “He was never arrested by the police and some other individual’s firearm and vehicle is not our concern here.”
21 is currently undergoing ICE “removal proceedings” and being held without bond.
[This article has been updated. The original version was published on February 7, 2019 at 11:22 a.m. PST and can be found below.]
21 Savage was arrested by ICE officials on Sunday (February 3) and remains detained. In the wake of his arrest, more details are starting to emerge. According to TMZ, the platinum-selling rapper was in possession of a loaded gun when he was pulled over.
The Saint Laurent Don was reportedly “driving recklessly” before hitting a marked cop car. Consequently, police pulled over his red Dodge Challenger and discovered a Glock with an extended magazine inside his glove compartment. 21 was then taken by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Cops also said they confiscated a styrofoam cup containing an unknown substance for evidence. It was reportedly found in the center console of the vehicle.
Young Nudy and two other men were taken into custody as well. Several documents confirm multiple law enforcement agencies were involved, including DeKalb K-9 Unit, Vice Unit, Narcotics Unit, ATF, Georgia State Patrol and the DeKalb 90 Unit. Although there was no mention of ICE, a source at ATF insists ICE was on the scene.
21 is currently represented by legal experts Charles Kuck, Dina LaPolt and Tia Smith. On Wednesday (February 6), JAY-Z and Roc Nation hired attorney Alex Spiro to assist the case.
“In addition to being a successful recording artist, Savage deserves to be reunited with his children immediately,” Hov said in an official statement.
Despite having a pending U Visa application and no criminal convictions that make him deportable, 21 is being held without bond.
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Why is everyone worried about this Britt? Its more issues going on in the black neighborhoods that need saving. Our black queen and young kings need saving.
Exactly! People need to pay attention to their neighborhoods and protect their own. This guy is owed nothing from this country. African Americans and Hispanic Americans are sitting back while half of Central America takes over south central and all of Los Angeles. Look at Inglewood now…houses painted green, red, yellow, shit looks like Guatemala, but they’re worried about Jay Z’s little illegal buddy. Illegals are taking all the spots in our schools and crowding the shit out of us and we keep fighting to keep them here. Why? I’m Hispanic too and I don’t support illegal immigration.
Nice. Latinos are taking over “Los Angeles” in “California”? I’m guessing you’re a Latino that doesn’t speak Spanish. Dumbass.
Being an illegal immigrant in America with a loaded firearm…i know Mexicans that get deported for that shit….he’s gonna get 40 years jail followed by deportation.
His career is pretty much over…..He fucked up life for nothing just like Tekashi did. They’re going to do him worse than Shyne. smh Maybe the father he pretended was a “deadbeat” will help him out….He seems to have money. lol
Wtf is your dumbass talking about? Did he shoot somebody? He’ll get off light. How you gonna compare him to tekashi lol, what an idiot
these are the type of innocent black people Jay Z is protecting from the racist US justice system. Jay Z is a great american
Illegal immigration, if allowed, will lead to NO USA. You’ll watch a 1st world nation fall into the 3rd world of the people who flee to it.
Sure there “truth.” America IS illegal immigration. Did you forget? Moron. Visit your local Indian reservation and ask THEM how they feel about immigration reform, who “illegals” are, BLM etc. don’t forget to drop some money in the tables at the casino. Fucktard. Does Texas, Colorado, California, Utah, Nevada sounds like English to you dummy?
LOL @ all the clowns like Jay-Z, Cardi B, and them talking about how free him because he was innocent and doing nothing wrong!
Jay Z doesn’t want to help out his own people. Instead he’s openly funding the demise of our immigration laws by supporting trash like this idiot from the U.K. . The globalist handlers of J and Beyoncé want us to feel sorry for this thug. No thanks, boycott that son of a bitch and his stupid cow for this stunt.
Was it a flintlock pistol?
So an illegal immigrant who is also a felon still had a gun.
Not looking good. “It isn’t mine” isn’t gonna cut it when you are the only person in the car. There’s pics of 21with the car and his prints probably all over it. Plus there was that other video of him of him doing dumb stuff which could make his situation even worse. He’s going to do some time then get deported.
prison. hard knock life, brother
Of course the lawyer gonna deny that shit…it’s his lawyer lol
2019 = illegal aliens > black Americans. Black America will be replaced by foreigners eventually. And they people being replaced will vote to make their own lives worse.
Only most illegal aliens (Mexicans mainly) are hard working, law abiding citizens who pay taxes and don’t complain and make excuses for savegry. There are more Latinos than blacks in the US, BTW. How often do you hear them bitching? They’re too busy working.
Statistics prove you wrong. Google, how many illegal aliens receive a form of government assistance. They are Factuallt on government assistance more than legal Americans are. I’m serious. Look it up. Your a liar, and misleading with your lies.
Oh, you mean Medicaid? Hahaha. The mafia ran to keep doctors and insurance companies fucking eachother over while the rest of the country, legal or not, suffers? Cuba has better healthcare than we do. CUBA! Hahahaha. Jackass. Your mom was a liar when she told your redneck ass who your dad was. Trump expanded the definition of what welfare is to be able to negate greencards. Kind of funny he only married foreigners though. BTW, what do Native Americans think of your take on Illegal immigrants? Dummy. Mexicans in states like California ( stolen from Mexico) are illegal jackass? Keepnducking uiur cousin. Make America great again. Jackass.
Only, stats prove illegals steal social security numbers and identities more than they earn an honest living. They all work under the table with their hustles and collect welfare as a bonus. Don’t be fooled. Most Mexicans are fine staying in Mexico as well. What we are getting now are the poorest of the poor from Central America. These people aren’t paying taxes, they couldn’t give a fuck about paying taxes. Wake up. I work in the Hollywood Hills, and I see those illegal, no English speaking nannies and house cleaners, driving brand new cars. How the fuck they driving new cars on a house cleaners salary? Well…They’re getting paid under the table tax free! And collecting welfare.
There is absolutely no proof that illegals steal more ssns and identities than they earn an honest living. Hahahaha. Are you watching that Fox News loop on acid again Chauncy. You work in the Hollywood Hills? Find a nanny or a kitchen cook in LA willing to work for $10-15 an hour that’s legal. Jackass. The food you eat, restaurants, produce is ALL produced by illegals. Shit, I bet all the crappy clothing you wear is made in China, moron. All these white trash morons think “illegals” are taking their welfare when they aren’t on it. If they are, no one is taking shit, obviously. This land was stolen from the Indians, California was taken from Mexico. Your idea of “Illegal” is comical, dummy. We’re ALL illegals. I was born in TX, I have a birth certificate, a SSN and a passport. I’m not Mexican or Native American. See where I’m going with this, hypocrite idiot?
“Abraham-Joseph was convicted of felony drug charges in October 2014 in Fulton County, Georgia.” Interesting. Caught with a gun that wasn’t his, in a car that wasn’t his, with something in a styrofoam cup, that coincidently wasn’t his. Hahahaha. Better zombie up Cochran buddy. You’re headed back to Hogwarts, after serving some time, perhaps.
WHO CARES
Hope they put some of those body cams on or some shit. Bring the proof and send this dumb ass back to his country. We have too many damn people here anyway. Shit, arrest his mom and sisters too…they’re all illegals.
Kill yourself, dam asshole that shit you out need to suck you back in. Insensitive baffoon!
It’s over for this kid, to commit a a felony while your visa is pending is extremely dumb. He prob doesn’t have much a chance. He will be deported and forgotten. They deported shyne who was actually decent imo put out some hard hitting tracks like bad boy and bonnie and shyne. Shyne got deported years ago when the laws were less harsh and he will prob never step foot on U.S ground again.
Loaded guns when he was already a felon? Is that right? His record label is not going to spend any money on his legal team. They would prob him be deported he fizziled out anyway last album didn’t sell, record label will drop a album while he is in jail or in another country is like the next best thing for a label next to having a rapper get killed.
My client is innocent