21 SAVAGE - Before They Were Famous - Issa UPDATE

BEFORE 21 Savage would hit number two on the
billboard hot 200 with Issa Album and number one on the rap charts with Without Warning Before he dropped tracks like X, Bank Account
and No Heart BEFORE 21 Savage would shack up with Amber
Rose, and collaborate with the likes of Metro Boomin, Drake, the Migos, Mike Will, Future,
DJ Khaled, Rich Chigga, and Post Malone BEFORE The Slaughter King would opt for a
'Death Before Dishonour' Tattoo on his forehead and a dagger between his eyes. 21 Savage grew in East Atlanta, where he witnessed
his father dealing crack as far back as he can remember. At 14 he began selling drugs himself. He also got his hands on a gun and brought
it to school with him in the 7th grade to teach a kid who was talking shit not to be
messing around.

This incident eventually got him kicked out
of every middle school in the county. So this gave him more time to work on his
street hustle. Through his teens he would build a tight knit
gang known as '21', and they would also hook up with the Bloods. He was dealing out of his home and fathered
two kids.

Then on his 21st birthday he and his best
friend Johnny got shot. 21 Savage took six bullets including one in
his hand and in his neck but managed to make it out alive. His best friend wasn't so lucky. It was then he decided he would need to find
a new career and began taking rapping seriously.

Within a year and half he would blow up online
and make it onto the XXL Freshman Class List. What's going on guys my name is Michael McCrudden
documenting the life and career of 21 Savage here for you on Before They Were Famous. You guys requested this vieo. Let me know as always who you want me to document
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21 Savage was born Shayaa Bin Abraham Joseph
on October 22, 1992. He was born in the Dominican Republic, but
raised in Dacatur, a rough and tough neighbourhood outside of Atlanta Georgia. He grew up with four brothers and six sisters,
although his younger brother, Tayman passed away in a shooting that took place after a
drug deal. Shayaa's mother, Heather, was a rock of stability
in his life, while his father was crack dealer.

His uncle was killed in front of their home,
shot twice in the head when he was only 11 years old. 21 Savage has said it many a time that Atlanta
is a savage town, with people getting shot up. I'd go into more detail about his family tree
and friends but the dude has lost a ton of people. Shayaa grew up listening to his
idol Gucci Mane, Lotto Savage, Mookie, Madri Gra, Freaky DSMG.

His favorite albums included Me, My Momma
and Them Roaches, Live From Da Carter, Gucci Mane's East Atlanta 6 and his favorite
of all is Gucci's Sun Valley. He spent his whole life robbing and hustling
on the street getting started as far back as he can remember, he got his own hands on
weed and began turning a profit at 14. While in the seventh grade at Stone Mountain
Middle School, he had some beef with another dude and when he caught word that they were
planning to jump him, he decided to bring a pistol with him to school. The crew didn't need to jump him anymore,
instead they just snitched on him and Savage got expelled from school.

His mom wasn't happy and told him it was only
a 10 day suspension so he eventually went back to school, but he got in a fight in the
hallway with that same dude. From there, 21 savaged bouced between the
Dekalb Youth Development Center and alternative school. One time, 21 remembers that someone once left
a snickers bar on his cot, which was a common practice to test if a kid is soft. His response was to try to beat up the very
next kid that entered the room.

But 21 lost that fight. He was so small at the time, that he had gotten
the nickname Lil Man. He returned to more regular schooling in Gwinnett
County in the 9th grade. There, he played football while on probation
but some messing around with some chicks on a school bus got him kicked out again and
this time he was kicked out of attending any school in the county.

By now he had already established for himself
a pretty successful business selling weed out of his mama's house. This would eventually expand to include selling
crack and committing robberies. Things were going pretty good, he was able
to eventually buy his mom a car and then get her an apartment. I think he kept the house.

His close boys all adopted the number of 21
as their gang name and at 16 opted for 21 tattoos, Savage got his on the side of his
face. At 19, his crew, including Johnny, Larry,
Krusha, Rock, Lil B, CJ his bro Tayman got involved with the Bloods but Savage states
that he is cool with a lot of Crips, and he doesn't care much for the long lasting rivalry
and stories between the two gangs and refers to that as an old school mentality. Business must have been going well because
he managed to father two kids that he states today are his motivation. He had done some dabbling with rap having
made one song with his brother and had got his hands on a mac computer and a microphone.

Then his brother Tayman robbed a house and
found a better computer and microphone so Savage set those up in his room. On his 21st birthday, he and two of his friends,
Johnny and Larry, went to pick up drugs, but the situation quickly unfolded into what Shayaa
now believes it was a hit. Bullets started flying and he took six before
he was able to return fire. His friends Johnny and Larry didn't make it.

Not only that, Larry's mother was killed as
well. Shayaa now a father had a lot of thinking
to do while he recovered in the hospital. They also hooked him up with Percasets, and
those delicious pain killers he hasn't been able to get off them just yet. He decided that his best bet at a future of
success and staying alive would be if he forced his energy into rapping.

A few things had changes, for one 21 Savage
had adopted the moniker of Savage which he came up with while setting up his Instagram
account, also he was no longer taking any shit from no one. 21 Savage got to work, he had some money which
provided him with the time but he had no label, no marketing team, no promotion team he just
worked hard and spoke of the real street life that he had lived through. But, sadly, it wasn't over. If you don't know the story of 21's knife
tattoo, it's a sad one.

He and his brothers had agreed to get a dagger
tatted between their thumb and their index finger, just like Tony Montana. But, 21's younger brother Tayman rushed out
and opted to have it tatted between his eyes. All of a sudden tragedy struck again. His little brother Tayman was killed on March
19, 2014.

Savage hadn't yet gotten his dagger and opted
to get his between his eyes in tribute to his brother. Savage also paid homage to his departed friends,
Johnny, Larry, and his mother, Tamika, with a giant tattoo featuring their names across
his chest. 21'S dark trap anthems like Picky, the
DJ Plugg-produced single soon became a niche classic among Atlanta locals for its shaky,
intoxicating energy. Soon his mixtape The Slaughter Tape was dropped
in 2015.

Followed by Free Guwop, Slaugher King and
then in 2016, he would hooked up with Metro Boomin for Savage Mode. Savage Mode would include singles, No Heart,
and X, which featured Future. Both those tracks would be certified double
platinum. Also in 2016, 21 would be featured on XXL's
Freshman Class List.

The exposure would help develop even more
buzz for him in the hip hop community, and 21 would soon go on to feature on tracks by
artists like Drake, Mike Will, Post Malone, Big Sean, Rich Chigga, and many others. In 2017, he would drop Issa Album, which hit
number two on the billboard hot 200, the US. RnB and Hip Hop Chart, and the US rap chart. His second studio album, Without Warning,
with Offset and Metro Boomin, would follow the same year.

It hit number 4 on the Hot 200, 2 on the RnB
and Hip Hop chart, and number one on the US. Rap chart. 21 Savage would also be making headlines in
2017 for his relationship with Amber Rose, but according to him, that relationship goes
back way longer than we all know about. And from the looks of things, the relationship's
been going pretty well.

The two recently bought each other matching
diamond encrusted watches. There have been engagement rumours, and she
bought him a fifty thousand dollar promise ring. (Check out Rich Life DB for Loyalty ring 21) On top of that, there are other signs the
relationship is healthy. 21 Savage says she has gotten him into some
healthier habits, like taking vitamins and drinking water.

And she told TMZ, I demand sex every day from my boyfriend...It's
very healthy. As for the rest of the story, well, we'll
have to wait and see, because this is Before They Were Famous. My name is Michael McCrudden and we are working
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