Propelled in 2016 by the hits "Red Opps" (#74) and "No Heart" (#43),
British-born rapper 21 Savage (born Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in London on
October 22, 1992) grew up in the USA, in Atlanta, where his family settled in
2005. Expelled from college for bringing a gun, he took up rap after escaping
death as a gang member during an attempted robbery on his 21st birthday.
Following this incident, which claimed the life of his best friend, he recorded
the track "Picky", produced in 2014 by DJ Plugg, then the mixtape The Slaughter
Tape, released the following year with the EP Free G...