{"id":53587,"date":"2018-09-24T09:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=53587"},"modified":"2018-09-24T00:04:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:04:43","slug":"5777-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/5777-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Smoked A Lot Because Of Depression \u2013 Pappy Kojo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop and hiplife artiste, Jason Gaisie, popularly known as Pappy Kojo, has revealed depression took a great toll on his life.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Delay on the \u2018Delay Show\u2019, the &#8216;Realer No&#8217; hitmaker disclosed that he smoked a lot because he was depressed.<\/p>\n<p>Though he used to smoke a lot, Pappy said he never got addicted to it.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that he has now quit smoking.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/pappy-kojo-cant-keep-his-hands-off-his-girlfriends-tundra-photo\/\">https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/pappy-kojo-cant-keep-his-hands-off-his-girlfriends-tundra-photo\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to him, depression is normal because everybody goes through<br \/>\nit at a point in one&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>Pappy further stated that life is okay for him even if he is not doing music actively.<\/p>\n<p>The Takoradi indigene revealed that he is currently working on an<\/p>\n<p>EP and at the same time shooting music videos as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch interview from video below;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DELAY INTERVIEWS PAPPY KOJO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgJTPqfNdHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop and hiplife artiste, Jason Gaisie, popularly known as Pappy Kojo, has revealed depression took a great toll on his life. 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