21 Savage Teases Biopic With Donald Glover And Caleb McLaughlin
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Update: 10:18 a.m. PT (Jan. 8, 2018) – The official trailer for American Dream: The 21 Savage Story has arrived. New details have emerged after the rapper shared a promotional image for the project on Sunday (Jan. 7). According to the YouTube description, the film is a Happy Place production built by Gilga, Donald Glover’s creative venture. New music is also teased in the clip.
American Dream: The 21 Savage Story is directed by Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori, Fam Udeorji, and Luis Perez, written by Jamal Olori and Stephen Glover, and produced by Tara Razavi and Fam Udeorji. It is executive produced by Tara Razavi and Fam Udeorji.
Alongside 21 Savage, Donald Glover, and Caleb McLaughlin, American Dream: The 21 Savage Story features appearances from Gail Bean, Druski, Jabari Banks, Chad Lindberg, Victoria Pedretti, Young Mazino, and Natasha Lyonne.
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21 Savage teased an upcoming project that may give insight into his personal journey.
On Sunday (Jan. 7), the “Bank Account” performer shared an image on Instagram, promoting American Dream: The 21 Savage Story. The image features the 31-year-old centered in between actors Donald Glover and Caleb McLaughlin.
Both on-screen talents appear to have 21 Savage’s signature face tattoos, indicating their participation in the portrayal of the rapper’s life journey. The bottom corner of the image features the Slaughter Gang and Epic Records logo, as well as lists 21Savage.AmericanDream.com. At the time of publication, the link did not produce a published webpage.
In sharing the photo on social media, details were not provided in a caption. The upload is featured on the Instagram accounts for all three of the aforementioned men, with only emoji eyes as a descriptor.
21 Savage was born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in London, England, and moved to the United States at a young age. In 2006, his non-immigrant Visa expired, leading to his 2019 detainment by the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
“When you ain’t got no choice, you should be exempt,” 21 Savage said at the time to the Associated Press. “It’s not like I was 30, woke up, and moved over here. I’ve been here since I was like 7 or 8, probably younger than that. I didn’t know anything about visas and all that. I just knew we were moving to a new place.”
Last year, he became a “lawful permanent resident of the United States with the freedom to travel internationally,” allowing him to perform outside of the country for the first time in his career. Since his legal battle has ended, the Grammy Award-winning rapper has performed shows in Paris, London, and Canada.
L’ENTRÉE DE 21 SAVAGE CE SOIR AU ZENITH DE PARIS ???
pic.twitter.com/BGghxzWiVd— FRENCHRAPUS ?? (@FrenchRapUS) November 14, 2023
Fans of 21 Savage can hopefully anticipate the rapper’s true story from the project after he revealed his chart-topping rhymes are essentially embellished and “fiction as hell.”
“I just think of it in my head,” he explained. “Some of it be based off of real life, but a lot of it be creative stories.”
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