IShowSpeed, aged 21, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr, has more than 50 million YouTube subscribers, with his Africa tour contributing to the growth of his platform.
His Ghanaian passport was approved following “confirmation of the irrefutable ties of IShowSpeed to Ghana”, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa posted on social media.
While streaming in Ghana, the YouTuber told his audience that his mother was from the West African country.
In his post, Ablakwa urged IShowSpeed to “keep making our great nation Ghana, and our beloved African continent proud”. “Ghana celebrates you”, he added.
Many Ghanaians responded positively to Ablakwa’s announcement, but some accused the government of “devaluing” the country’s passport by handing them to foreign celebrities.
