Photography Jerritt ClarkeMusic / NewsMusic / News21 Savage receives the National Immigration Law Center’s ‘highest honour’The rapper is being recognised for his fight for immigrant rightsShareLink copied ✔️October 5, 2019October 5, 2019TextThom Waite Remember when the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (aka ICE) detained 21 Savage earlier this year, claiming that he was unlawfully present in the country and leading him to accept that he might be deported? Well, since then, the rapper has been campaigning for immigrants’ rights and this week he’s been recognised for his efforts. Specifically, the National Immigration Law Center – an organisation defending the rights of low-income immigrants and their families – has given him its “highest honour”: the Courageous Luminaries Award. 21 Savage (real name She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) has, in the months since his detainment, made the most of the platform that arose with the #Free21Savage campaign, to defend and campaign for immigrants’ rights. He’s also donated $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which provides access to legal representation to immigrants in deep south detention centers. Besides his work for immigrants, 21 Savage has also championed a financial literacy scheme to help kids deal with money and an Atlanta school drive. You can read more about these in his interview with Another Man. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThis new event series aims to bring spirituality back to live musicMargo XS on the sound of transness: ‘Malleable, synthetic and glossy’Jim BeamWhat went down at Jim Beam’s NYC bashThe Boy who cried Terrified: Ranking all the tracks on fakemink’s new EPA massive exhibition on Black British music is coming to V&A EastAdanolaLila Moss fronts Adanola’s latest spring 2026 campaignAtmospheric dream-pop artist Maria Somerville shares her offline favouritesA 24-hour London will save the city’s nightlife, says new report‘It’s a revolution’: Nigeria’s new-gen rappers are hitting the mainstreamWhy are we so nostalgic for the music of 2016?Listen to Oskie’s ‘perennially joyful’ Dazed mixCorridos tumbados: A guide to Mexico’s most controversial music genreEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy