{"id":50903,"date":"2023-03-29T00:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/29\/i-owe-ghana-for-contributing-to-my-success-basketmouth\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T00:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:37:18","slug":"i-owe-ghana-for-contributing-to-my-success-basketmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/29\/i-owe-ghana-for-contributing-to-my-success-basketmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"I owe Ghana for contributing to my success &#8211; Basketmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Basketmouth.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Popular Nigerian comedian Basketmouth believes he owes Ghana gratitude for contributing to his success as a comedian.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Daybreak Hitz<\/strong> on <strong>Hitz FM<\/strong> he explained that the show that catapulted his success was held in in Ghana and was widely received across the world.<\/p>\n<p>He told Andy Dosty on Tuesday that \u201cI owe you guys (Ghana) a certain level of my growth. The first big show that sold me to the world I did it in Ghana, that was when I did \u2018two things involved\u2019 that performance was what sold me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basketmouth said that as an appreciation and love for Ghana, he has always tried to incorporate the country into his art.<\/p>\n<p>Basketmouth became one of Ghana\u2019s favourite comedians after he performed his infamous \u2018two things involved\u2019 stand-up at the Accra International Conference Center years back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-hweZsZqxwc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BasketMouth There are Two Things Involved\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hweZsZqxwc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the years that followed, the Nigerian comedian has always appreciated Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one of his many ways of showing gratitude, he created a comedy show named Ghana Jollof which follows the story of two Nigerians who moved to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The story features prominent Nigerian and Ghanaian actors. Basketmouth also released a single Ghana Jollof which featured Kwabena Kwabena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always tried to integrate my art with Ghana,\u201d he said on <strong>Daybreak Hitz<\/strong> on <strong>Hitz FM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Basketmouth is currently in Ghana ahead of his \u2018Unprovoked\u2019 show on April 8.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CqTiRwFLloV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" 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:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Nigerian comedian Basketmouth believes he owes Ghana gratitude for contributing to his success as a comedian. Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM he explained that the show that catapulted his success was held in in Ghana and was widely received across the world. He told Andy Dosty on Tuesday that \u201cI owe you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I owe Ghana for contributing to my success - Basketmouth - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/29\/i-owe-ghana-for-contributing-to-my-success-basketmouth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I owe Ghana for contributing to my success - Basketmouth - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Popular Nigerian comedian Basketmouth believes he owes Ghana gratitude for contributing to his success as a comedian. 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