{"id":761302,"date":"2019-12-09T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/rapper-t-i-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:26:10","slug":"rapper-t-i-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/rapper-t-i-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper T.I In Ghana |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">American rapper and actor T. I. has arrived in Ghana with his wife as part of the \u2018Year of Return\u2019 initiative championed by the Tourism Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., known professionally as T.I., often stylized as TIP or T.I.P., touched down at the Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport amidst drumming and dancing at 1:00 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of African-Americans in the Diaspora have booked their tickets to visit Ghana to retrace their family roots and to experience the life and culture of people.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Year of Return\u2019, an initiative aimed at marking 400 years since the first black slaves landed in Jamestown Virginia, is taking off like fire.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the initiative that urges Africans in the Diaspora to come back home has seen an array of celebrities make their way into Ghana to explore, learn and appreciate their roots.<\/p>\n<p>American comedian and television host Steve Harvey joined the array of African American diasporan who have visited to learn more about their roots to slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of foreigners are expected to be in the country, and T.I. is one of them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B52oP7wpkgE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125178819853\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American rapper and actor T. 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