{"id":149972,"date":"2025-09-20T21:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149972\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T21:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:34:08","slug":"heres-what-shatta-wale-wants-as-birthday-gift-from-ibrahim-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149972\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what Shatta Wale wants as birthday gift from Ibrahim Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Here-s-what-Shatta-Wale-wants-as-birthday-gift-from-Ibrahim-Mahama-2001605?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/77487037.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Dancehall artiste\" title=\"Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Dancehall artiste\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Dancehall artiste<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has appealed to business magnate Ibrahim Mahama to play a special role in his upcoming birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The musician, who will turn forty-one on October 17, 2025, made the request during a live session on TikTok. <\/p>\n<p>In a lighthearted tone, Shatta Wale praised Ibrahim Mahama, labelling him as someone he respects and looks up to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Shatta Wale explains absence from Asantehemaa\u2019s funeral, praises Otumfuo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Shatta-Wale-explains-absence-from-Asantehemaa-s-funeral-praises-Otumfuo-2001588<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his typical humorous style, he referred to the industrialist as his uncle while making his wish known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy uncle, Honourable Ibrahim Mahama, next month is my birthday. I want your private jet. I want to fly it myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Mahama, the younger brother of President John Dramani Mahama, is regarded as one of richest men in Ghana and is among the very few in the country who own private jets. <\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the Dancehall artiste has repeatedly expressed admiration for the Mahama brothers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-d-prefer-being-called-a-womaniser-than-being-labelled-as-gay-Broda-Sammy-2001492\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019d prefer being called a womaniser than being labelled as gay \u2013 Broda Sammy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a 2024 interview with Kessben Radio, he described them as men with a rare sense of love and empathy for Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Shatta Wale has made an emotional appeal to businessman Ibrahim Mahama, requesting the use of his private jet for his upcoming birthday celebration next month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4oqEtOlfic\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4oqEtOlfic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EDHUB\ud83c\udf0d\u2139 (@eddie_wrt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddie_wrt\/status\/1969283985969705212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 20, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile watch GhanaWeb&#8217;s exclusive interview with Ajagurajah<\/p>\n<p>AK\/EB<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Ghanaian Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has appealed to business magnate Ibrahim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-149972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}