{"id":423381,"date":"2026-02-13T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/423381\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:56:08","slug":"black-sherif-catches-eyeballs-on-social-media-with-fugu-day-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/423381\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif catches eyeballs on social media with Fugu Day look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Black-Sherif-catches-eyeballs-on-social-media-with-Fugu-Day-look-2021511?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/86350440.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Sherif rocking his fugu\" title=\"Black Sherif rocking his fugu\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/> <\/a>Black Sherif rocking his fugu<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Following a declaration by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts that Wednesdays have been designated for the wearing of popular Ghanaian traditional attire, Fugu, some celebrities have honored the call, showing themselves in it.<\/p>\n<p>While artistes like Gyakie, Wiyaala, Sonnie Badu and others showed off colorful attires, it was that of versatile Ghanaian singer and rapper Black Sherif that caught eyeballs with his outfit.<\/p>\n<p>In videos making waves on social media, Black Sherif showed up in a dark blue and broad white-striped fugu top with shiny, metallic-looking trousers in a copper or bronze tone.<\/p>\n<p>He also had on a matching traditional cap made from the same fabric pattern as the shirt and light-coloured sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>The video sparked reactions across social media, with many netizens expressing their astonishment at the look with many of them praising the look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Female-celebrities-who-showed-up-for-Fugu-Wednesday-2021319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Female celebrities who showed up for Fugu Wednesday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black Sherif is not a stranger to diverse fashion choices, having appeared on various international runways and making headlines with his fashion choices.<\/p>\n<p>The Wednesday as Fugu Day declaration was made on February 10, 2026, when the attire, also known as Batakari, made trends on social media following an online banter between Ghanaians and Zambians online. <\/p>\n<p>The President had worn fugu during his visit to Zambia, prompting some netizens to describe it as a \u2018blouse.\u2019 This led to many Ghanaians taking to social media to spread awareness about the attire. Even leading to calls for the establishment of a \u201cGhana Fugu Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See the video below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Black Sherif touring his new multi million dollar property in his beautiful fugu \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTU0ZBRya5\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wTU0ZBRya5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beno SarkCess (@_benopaonyx1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_benopaonyx1\/status\/2021918100942467140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>ID\/AM<\/p>\n<p> 20 years of entertaining Ghanaians, Kwabena Kwabena talks achievements <br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black Sherif rocking his fugu Following a declaration by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-423381","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\/423381","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=423381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}