Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was released on bond from US immigration detention Today, nine days after his arrest sparked outrage among fellow music stars, fans and immigrant rights advocates alike.

21 Savage, whose real name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested February 3 in the southern city of Atlanta by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who said he was British and had been living in the United States illegally since overstaying his visa from 2006. Savage is British and was brought to the US aged seven, and lost his legal status in the US when he was a child “through no fault of his own.”

His legal team did not immediately clarify what comes next in the case of the rapper but they said he has a pending application for a U visa for victims of crimes who have faced mental or physical abuse in the US — that was filed “as a result of being the victim of a deadly shooting in 2013” and that his three US citizen children make him eligible for deportation relief.

A petition demanding 21 Savage’s release was signed by more than 460,000 people with Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among those backing the campaign for his freedom.

A picture of 21 has surfaced after he was released from the ICE detention center. He and his mother, Heather Joseph, are seen about to board a private plane back to Atlanta, where he will be reunited with his family.