{"id":2083,"date":"2019-04-18T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2019-04-29T02:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:44:25","slug":"21-savages-deportation-being-discussed-with-new-released-track-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/assignments\/music-video-review\/21-savages-deportation-being-discussed-with-new-released-track-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage’s Deportation Being Discussed with New Released Track ‘A Lot’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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21 Savage<\/strong>\u2019s music video \u2018A Lot\u2019<\/strong> sparked immense attention from the public with excellency of music & lyrics & video altogether, but also his arrestment on immigration status. His Album I Am > I Was, was in the top chart for two consecutive weeks after its releases, earning him Grammy Award nomination, with over 3.3 billion on-demand streams in the US. In his \u2018A Lot\u2019 music video,<\/a> visual is unfolded as if telling a story and it dramatically augments the meaning of lyrics. In his track \u2018A Lot\u2019, he raps about brings his personal life story to the music<\/a> \u2013 about his friend who was shot during a drug dealing, reality that money ineffective in solving personal plights, gang violence, trauma, and his fear. Rap is a sublimation of a speech\/thoughts\/novel transformed into an art form that often becomes a mirror of an individual\u2019s personal stories. However, it sometimes becomes an issue where the boundaries to be set up that reveals how much of personal stories one opens up with the world. It is the question of how comfortably enough a person could open oneself that does not detriment their public images. 21 Savage spoked, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople will be going through a lot of stuff, but you\u2019ll never know what they\u2019re hiding behind their smiles. Like, nobody would ever know that I wasn\u2019t born here.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The immigration issue has been one of the hottest topics in the US with the presidency of Donald Trump. It is a predicament to many people who don\u2019t get publicly mentioned nor being much cared from society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21 Savage was arrested on Super Bowl Sunday in Atlanta by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ironically less than a week after performing his track \u201cA Lot\u201d at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He performed with substituted lyrics where he shows compassion for immigrants and people who struggle to immigrate to the US. \u201cBeen through some things so I can\u2019t imagine my kids stuck at the border \/ Flint still need water<\/a> \/ People was innocent, couldn\u2019t get lawyers,\u201d (January 28). According to ICE, 21 Savage is originally from the UK and has been illegally staying in the US with his expired visa. Bryan Cox, the ICE spokesperson, iterated that the arrest was on a \u201ctargeted operation with federal and local law enforcement\u201d. 21 Savage\u2019s legal team stated that he was originally born in the UK, however, legally arrived in the US at the age of 7 (in 1999)<\/a>. He has been ongoingly present in the US for almost 20 years, but visited the UK in 2005 due to his uncle\u2019s death, and returned to the US with H-4 Visa. H-4 Visa is \u201cgranted to spouses or children under the age of 21\u201d. The visa was expired a year later it was granted in 2006. In 2017, he applied for a U visa, which is \u201ca visa for victims of certain crimes\u201d and his status is still under review. He has been acclaiming that he is from Georgia, Atlanta, and 3 of his children are all lawful US citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these Youtube comments are mentioning about his visa status and his revealed UK citizenships:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21 Savage\u2019s lawyer appeared on Good Morning America on February 15th, publicly acclaiming that he was targeted because of his music, fame, and ICE allegedly manipulating the incident to convey the message to non-US citizens. He spent nine days behind bars and was released on February 13th, with a granted bond<\/a>. According to the most recent news, his hearings on deportation that was scheduled on April 9th has been postponed to no specific dates to come. He has expressed his fear of deportation \u2013 \u201cThe worst thing was sitting in there not knowing what was going to happen, or when it\u2019s going to happen. Whenever I went to jail before, it was, \u2018You\u2019re being charged with this and going to court on this date.\u2019 But immigration ain\u2019t like that. You\u2019re just being held.\u201d<\/a> Additionally, a fear of losing the home that he identifies with –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cthe possibility of me not being able to live in this country no more than I\u2019ve been living in my whole life.\u201d <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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"We believe he was targeted because he's a celebrity and they can use this to send a message." @21Savage<\/a>'s lawyer says the rapper wants to bring awareness and fight for people who don't have the same resources that he does. pic.twitter.com\/IuqRfNeGZD<\/a><\/p>— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>