[1][2][3][4][5] Comedian Waris was born in Kumasi; his father is Umaru Ibrahim.

His tertiary education was at Top Media School where he graduated in 2014.

[6] Waris worked as an intern at both Top FM and Rainbow Radio as sound engineer in 2014[7] and later moved to Channel5 TV in the same year.

[2] He established the Waris Foundation,[8] which occasionally donates to people living in the streets in Ghana.

[9][10] Waris has cited Kevin Hart, DKB, OB Amponsah, Lekzy de Comic, Clemento Suarez, Snoop Dogg as his influences.