
US YouTuber IShowSpeed gains Ghanaian nationality at end of Africa tour
The Peninsula
Accra: Ghana has granted citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed, the country s foreign minister announced, as the influencer wraps up a month long tour...
Accra: Ghana has granted citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed, the country's foreign minister announced, as the influencer wraps up a month-long tour of Africa.
Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa said in an X post on Monday that following "confirmation of the irrefutable ties of IShowSpeed to Ghana", his government "has approved the issuance of a Ghanaian Passport to IShowSpeed".
"Keep making our great nation Ghana, and our beloved African continent proud. Ghana celebrates you," the minister said.
The 21-year-old African American IShowSpeed -- born in Cincinnati, Ohio as Darren Jason Watkins Jr. -- is one of the most-followed influencers on the planet.
He hit 50 million YouTube subscribers this month, Rolling Stone magazine named him the Most Influential Creator of 2025 and Forbes estimates his net worth at $20 million.













