21 Savage Breaks His Silence on ICE Arrest: 'It Was Definitely Targeted'

21 Savage is speaking out about his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The 26-year-old rapper, born She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, opened up about his experience on Good Morning America, just two days after he was granted bond and released from federal immigration custody.

“I was just driving. And I just seen guns and blue lights. And, then, I was in the back of a car. And I was gone,” detailed the rapper of being taken into custody, claiming further that they didn’t tell him he was under arrest. “They just said, ‘We got Savage.’ “

He added, “It was definitely targeted. There was helicopters.”

The rapper was taken into custody on Feb. 3 by ICE, as authorities claimed he had overstayed his 12-month visa, issued in 2005.

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Ahead of his release, 21 Savage’s lawyers, Charles H. Kuck, Dina LaPolt and Alex Spiro, shared in a statement that the artist had “won his freedom.”

“In the last 24 hours, in the wake of the Grammy Awards at which he was scheduled to attend and perform, we received notice that She’yaa was granted an expedited hearing. Today, 21 Savage was granted a release on bond. He won his freedom,” read the statement, which was posted to Facebook on Tuesday.

During the 61st Annual Recording Academy gala on Sunday, 21 Savage got a shout out from songwriter Ludwig Göransson as he accepted the Grammy Award for song of the year on behalf of his “This Is America” cowriter, Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover). “He should be here tonight,” said Göransson.

Post Malone, who collaborated with 21 Savage on the song “Rockstar,” also wore a shirt with the rapper’s stage name on it underneath his jacket during his performance with Red Hot Chili Peppers during the broadcast.

The statement from 21 Savage’s lawyers continued by thanking those who had shown their support during his arrest.

“21 Savage asked us to send a special message to his fans and supporters — he says that while he wasn’t present at the Grammy Awards, he was there in spirit and is grateful for the support from around the world and is more than ever, ready to be with his loved ones and continue making music that brings people together.”

They added: “He will not forget this ordeal or any of the other fathers, sons, family members, and faceless people, he was locked up with or that remain unjustly incarcerated across the country. And he asks for your hearts and minds to be with them.”

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21 Savage has long been hailed as a local act from Atlanta, but in a statement released last week, the rapper’s legal team confirmed that the rapper is, in fact, an English native.

“Mr. Abraham-Joseph was born in the United Kingdom. Mr. Abraham-Joseph arrived legally in the United States at the age of 7,” the rapper’s legal team wrote in a statement on Feb. 5.

“He remained in the United States until 2005, when he departed for approximately one month to visit the United Kingdom. He returned to the United States under a valid H-4 visa on July 22, 2005.”

An H-4 visa is issued to immediate family members, spouses or children under the age of 21.

“Mr. Abraham-Joseph has been continuously physically present in the United States for almost 20 years, except for a brief visit abroad. Unfortunately, in 2006 Mr. Abraham-Joseph’s legal status expired through no fault of his own,” the statement continued.

In the statement, his attorney also claimed the rapper’s arrest is “based upon incorrect information about prior criminal charges.”

Following 21 Savage’s arrest, an ICE spokesman said in a statement that “in addition to being in violation of federal immigrant law, Mr. Abraham-Joseph was convicted on felony drug charges in October 2014 in Fulton County, Georgia,” according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

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The rapper’s legal team went on to argue 21 Savage “has no criminal convictions or charges under state or federal law and is free to seek relief from removal in immigration court.”

“ICE provided incorrect information to the press when it claimed he had a criminal conviction.”

Expounded on his history in an additional statement on Feb. 6, his legal representation wrote, “Mr. Abraham-Joseph, like almost two million of his immigrant child peers, was left without immigration status as a young child with no way to fix his immigration status.”

On Friday, attorney Spiro told GMA‘s George Stephanopoulos, “There’s a lot of things about this case are curious and troubling.”

Speaking on GMA, 21 Savage claimed, “I didn’t even know what a visa was.”

“I was seven when I first came here. And we had left in, like, 2005 ’cause my uncle died, my Uncle Foster. So we went back to go to his funeral, and, then, we came back,” he explained in the Friday interview. “So that’s why I think [ICE] got it confused where they thought, like, that was my first coming.”

His lawyers argued that he should be considered a Dreamer, the name used to describe children who were brought to this country illegally by their parents and were offered visas under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy.

Recounting his time in detainment, 21 Savage told GMA, “My mama told me to picture where I wanna be. She said, ‘Visualize yourself, whatever you wanna do, just close your eyes and visualize yourself doing that. And as long as you do that, you will never be in jail.’ “

“I’ve been here 20 years, 19 years. This is all I know,” he said, adding, “I don’t think you should be arrested and put in a place where a murderer would be for just being in the country for too long.”