IShowSpeed’s Africa livestream tour continued in Morocco, where he met a young fan who’s blind.
Upon meeting the boy, Speed gifted him a new iPhone 17, so the child could use the accessibility features, which are better than those of previous models.
“I’m going to give you a present, okay? I am going to give you an updated phone that has better accessibility features. So I’m going to give you an iPhone 17 Pro right here,” the streamer told the boy, who hugged Speed and repeatedly said “thank you” in French.
“It is the newest phone that has just come out,” the 20-year-old said, which was then interpreted by the translator. “Enjoy the new phone.”
The translator then told Speed that the child is having eye surgery and asked Speed if he had a message for the boy. “You can do it. Always stay strong, even when it is hard,” Speed said. “Don’t ever give up. I promise it’s going to be better in the end. It’s all going to be okay.”
Speed, who is working with Apple on a Beats campaign, has embarked on a tour of Africa that has yielded several viral moments, including losing a pull-up challenge in Angola, drinking cow’s blood in Kenya—after which he proclaimed he’s “really Maasai”—and attempting to purchase sandals in Algeria, only to misunderstand how much the shoes cost.
"How much does he want for them?" Speed asked when shopping for sandals. When the vendor told him 2,200 Algerian dinars, Speed asked, "Dinners? Dinners? Like a food dinner?"
Speed kicked off the tour on Dec. 29, which will see him stream from 20 countries across 28 days. In addition to Angola, Kenya, Algeria, and Morocco, he’ll also visit Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.