21 Savage reunites with Childish Gambino on “12.38.” The track appears on Gambino’s new album, 03.15.20, which is now available on streaming services after premiering on his website last weekend.
Gambino co-produced the track with DJ Dahi. On his verse, 21 Savage raps about being harassed by police: 21 could be alluding to his February 2019 arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
At the time, the law enforcement agency claimed he was a British-born national whose non-immigrant visa expired in July 2006.
The rapper’s lawyer later clarified that 21 first arrived in the US at seven years old. After briefly leaving the country, he returned in 2005 under a nonimmigrant visa, which expired in 2006.
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