{"id":350283,"date":"2025-12-15T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350283\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:20:09","slug":"watch-as-abusuapanyin-unveils-tupac-movement-at-lumbas-thanksgiving-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350283\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch as Abusuapanyin unveils &#8216;Tupac Movement&#8217; at Lumba&#8217;s Thanksgiving service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Watch-as-Abusuapanyin-unveils-Tupac-Movement-at-Lumba-s-Thanksgiving-service-2013756?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16203789.295.jpg\" alt=\"Daddy Lumba's family head, Kofi Owusu, unveiled a movement for his fanbase during the funeral\" title=\"Daddy Lumba's family head, Kofi Owusu, unveiled a movement for his fanbase during the funeral\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/> <\/a>Daddy Lumba&#8217;s family head, Kofi Owusu, unveiled a movement for his fanbase during the funeral<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Victor Kofi Owusu, the family head of the late Ghanaian highlife musician Daddy Lumba, has sparked fresh debate online following the singer\u2019s thanksgiving service held on December 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>During the service held in Kumasi, the family head, Kofi Owusu, expressed gratitude to sympathisers and family members for their unwavering support throughout the burial process.<\/p>\n<p>In a video that surfaced online on December 14, 2025, Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu disclosed during the service that he has officially accepted the name \u201cTupac,\u201d a nickname given to him by netizens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/No-amount-of-falsehood-can-erase-the-love-Daddy-Lumba-and-I-shared-Odo-Broni-2013626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No amount of falsehood can erase the love Daddy Lumba and I shared \u2013 Odo Broni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Kofi Owusu, although he initially disliked the name, he later embraced it after careful consideration and encouragement from his newly self-acclaimed supporters. He further revealed that he has now established a fan base known as the \u201cTupac Movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the men, and they have done a very good job. I want to thank everyone in Kumasi and all sympathisers for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard that you people have changed my name from Victor Owusu to Tupac, so I am hereby changing my name from Victor Owusu to Tupac. When you see me anywhere, feel free to call me Tupac, because we now have the Tupac Movement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, despite the controversies surrounding Daddy Lumba\u2019s burial arrangements, the family successfully held the final burial on December 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Daddy Lumba, who passed away on July 26, 2025, at the Bank Hospital, was laid to rest on December 13, 2025, after months of family disputes and legal battles that delayed his burial.<\/p>\n<p> Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Daddy Lumba\u2019s family head, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu launches the \u2018Tupac Movement\u2019, in celebration of the successful completion of the late highlife legend\u2019s funeral. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i9ZopZbdMH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/i9ZopZbdMH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIKAOFFICIAL\ud83e\udd8d (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIKAOFFICIAL1\/status\/2000284959857332501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 14, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>JHM\/EB<\/p>\n<p>Watch as Sarkodie lights up Medikal\u2019s Beyond Kontrol Concert 2025:<\/p>\n<p> Watch as legendary rapper Obrafour graces Medikal&#8217;s Beyond Kontrol Concert:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daddy Lumba&#8217;s family head, Kofi Owusu, unveiled a movement for his fanbase during the funeral Victor Kofi Owusu,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-350283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}