21 Savage
21 Savage, Amber Rose – 2017 MTV Video Music Awards – Arrivals – The Forum Arena, 3900 W Manchester Boulevard – Inglewood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph
Place of Birth: Newham, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 22 October, 1992
Ethnicity: Black British/Caribbean [possibly Dominican, Haitian, Saint Vincentian]
21 Savage is a British-born rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Songs on which he has been lead rapper or co-rapper include “X,” “No Heart,” “Sneakin,'” “Bank Account,” “Ric Flair Drip,” “Rockstar,” “A Lot,” “Runnin,” “Mr. Right Now,” and “Jimmy Cooks.”
21 Savage was born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in Newham, London, England, the son of Heather Carmillia (Joseph) and Kevin Cornelius Emmons, who works for the Westminster City Council. His parents are British-born. He is said to be of Dominican, from Dominica, descent on his mother’s side, and Haitian and Saint Vincentian origin on his father’s. He was raised by his mother, who brought him with her to Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., when he was seven. His twin sisters are dance choreographers Kyra and Jayda Davis. He is a cousin of rapper and songwriter Young Nudy.
21 Savage grew up in the Ifá religion and divination system, which he practices.
21 Savage has three children.
In 2019, he was arrested by U.S. immigration services, which accused him of having been in the U.S. illegally since 2006. He had received an H-4 visa for a year in 2005. He was previously reported explicitly or implicitly in various media outlets as having been born in Atlanta, Georgia, which is incorrect. He was released from ICE custody, and his case is pending; in the meantime, he can not travel abroad.
21 Savage’s maternal grandmother’s surname is Brumant. The name Brumant is common on Dominica.
Black British? Shouldn’t it just say
*African-Dominican, *African-Jamaican, possibly African-Vincentian?
His ethnicity should be updated, since it’s been discovered.
It’s speculative, not certain.
The tag is just African-Dominican (like the island of Dominica, not Dominican Republic)
Btw, did anyone find his explicit ancestry?
His maternal grandmother’s last name is Brumant, which means she’s almost certainly from Dominica. That’s a common last name in Dominica, and Joseph is perhaps the most common last name in the country.
If his father is Kevin Emmons, then he’s most likely Vincentian. There’s a man going under the name Ansu Anpu, claiming he’s his father, and that man is Jamaican.
Thank you, bablah.
So his ethnicity should be changed to African-Dominican for his mother, and his father African-Vincentian and/or African-Jamaican.
Since when is Black British an actual ethnicity? He obviously has ancestry from elsewhere lol. I never heard of “Black British” until this website but I guess you learn something new everyday.
There’s a Wikipedia page on “Black British.” I think it’s a good placeholder name until we know more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_British
There’s always new things I learn on this website
Lol, he really British
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4Y-7SBG
His birth record from a daily mail article:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/04/13/9370384-6663565-image-a-25_1549287077499.jpg
Mother’s birth record:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWL-RJZQ
Father’s birth record:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWR-6BLB
I don’t think he’s Haitian, but Vincentian.