Hip-hop mogul, Jay-Z has reacted to 21 Savage's arrest by
the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who is detaining him after
they discovered he is a British citizen living in the US illegally.
According to TMZ, Jay-Z said the arrest and detention of the
"Bank Account" rapper is "an absolute travesty" and points
out that his US Visa application has been pending for years.
Jay says: "In addition to being a successful recording
artist, 21 deserves to be reunited with his children immediately.
It was also confirmed that Jay-Z's company, Roc Nation has
responded to what it calls a "matter of injustice" by hiring attorney
Alex Spiro to assist with his case.
Spiro tells TMZ, "We are not going to stop until he is
released, bonded out or in front of a judge ... What we have here is someone
who overstayed their Visa with an application pending for 4 years - not a
convicted criminal that needs to be detained and removed but, by all accounts a
wonderful person, father, and entertainer who has a marijuana offense which was
vacated and sealed."
The gossip site also alleged that 21 actually had a visa
permit pending for four years before he reapplied for his US Visa in 2017,
which they claim must have led the authorities to do a background check that
discovered his visa was expired before his arrest.
