Weeks after Akon Urged all black people to invest in the motherland, Jamaican Superstar; Popcaan revealed that he is a proud owner of a mansion in Ghana. Owing to the positive energies from Ghana’s Year Of Return.
As he walked through the hallway of his newly acquired mansion the announcement Instagram post; Popcaan said; “Over Africa wicked man ting. Mi jus buy mi brand new house over Ghana. Yuh haffi have house everyweh!”
In another clip, Popcaan chastised other artistes for only wanting houses in Jamaica.
Popcaan, who has over the years endeared himself to Ghana; arrived in the country as part of the Year of Return festivities.
Popcaan’s acquisition has been lauded by many who believe it ties in with the Government’s ‘Beyond the Return’ agenda. Which aims at encouraging Africans in the diaspora to invest in the country to make it a better place.
Popcaan isn’t the only Jamaican celebrity with some Ghanaian interest. Rita Marley, the wife of Bob Marley; officially became a Ghanaian citizen after she was honored with Ghanaian citizenship by President Nana Akufo-Addo last year.
Prior to her citizenship, Marley has lived in Ghana for more than a decade.
The singer, who relocated to Ghana in the early 2000s was made an honorary citizen of Ghana by the Ghanaian government in 2013. She had a successful stay in Ghana until she suffered a stroke in 2016 on her trip to Miami.
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo Addo in his last visit to Jamaica encouraged Jamaicans to visit Ghana.