Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (born October 22, 1992), known professionally as 21 Savage, is an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his mixtapes, The Slaughter Tape and Slaughter King and his extended plays Free Guwop and Savage Mode with Metro Boomin.
On July 15, 2016, 21 Savage released his joint EP Savage Mode with Atlanta-based record producer Metro Boomin. The EP gained international success and peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200, becoming their highest charting EP to date. He was on the cover of Fader. His single “X” featuring Future on the EP was confirmed by Billboard as going platinum, being 21’s 1st platinum record. On January 18, 2017, 21 Savage announced that he had signed to Epic Records.