{"id":3047,"date":"2024-08-21T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2024-08-21T01:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T01:22:10","slug":"don-little-shares-dr-likees-struggles-with-discrimination-and-the-crucial-support-he-received-from-nana-yeboah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3047","title":{"rendered":"Don Little shares Dr. Likee&#8217;s struggles with discrimination, and the crucial support he received from Nana Yeboah."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/19712770.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3048\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghanaian comic actor Don Little has recounted some of the early challenges faced by his colleague, Dr Likee, when he began his acting career.<br><br>According to Don Little, Dr Likee, then known as Ras Nene, was not initially taken seriously and faced discrimination within the industry.<br><br>Don Little highlighted that during the early days of YouTube content creation in Ghana, he and another actor, Nana Yeboah were prominent figures on the &#8220;Ghana We Dey&#8221; channel.<br><br>When Dr Likee joined the team, many doubted his comedic talent and were reluctant to work with him, leading to paused shoots and deliberations.<br><br>\u201cThere was a director nicknamed 925, a lady named Sadat and another person who managed a YouTube channel called Ghana We Dey. It was Nana Yeboah and I who were the major creators on that channel.<br><br>\u201cWe were there when Dr Likee was brought on board. I don&#8217;t remember who exactly brought him on. But when he came on board, there was trouble. People felt that Dr Likee wasn&#8217;t funny and all that so they wouldn&#8217;t shoot with him and all that,\u201d he said in a video shared by EdHud on X.<br><br>Nana Yeboah played a crucial role in supporting Dr Likee, even offering to split his pay to keep Dr Likee on board.<br><br>\u201cIt was Nana Yeboah who stood up and said \u201cFine, let him stay on board, split my pay and give him the other half,\u201d he revealed.<br><br>This gesture helped Dr Likee bond more with Nana Yeboah, prompting Don Little to step back from the channel to allow the duo to work together more effectively.<br><br>\u201cSadat even called me thinking I had left out of spite but I explained to them that Dr Likee and Nana Yeboah made a better pairing, so they should use him,\u201d he explained.<br><br>Don Little also revealed that it was Sadat who gave Dr Likee his now-famous name.<br><br>He praised Dr Likee&#8217;s hard work and perseverance, which have led to his current success in the industry.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian comic actor Don Little has recounted some of the early challenges faced by his colleague, Dr Likee, when he began his acting career. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3049,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions\/3049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}