Coming 2 America: How Eddie Murphy recruited Nigerian actors for his movie

Coming 2 America: How Eddie Murphy recruited Nigerian actors for his movie

The highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy classic Coming to America is out.

The latest installment of the franchise has a lot of Nigerian flavors as recruited by Eddie Murphy.

Here is a breakdown of Nigerian influence including actors and musicians that were involved in the production of Coming 2 America.

In terms of music used in the film, four of them are from Nigerian artistes

1 Assurance by Davido

2 Koroba by Tiwa Savage

3 Waka Waka by Tekno

4 Coming 2 America featuring Burnaboy

In terms of Actors cast in the film, three are four of Nigerian descent.

1 Lola Adamson CEO and founder of Lowla360 Limited plays the role of a citizen of the fictitious African country, Zamunda

2 where he performs his hit song, Fall in the film Davido makes a cameo appearance in the film.

3 Rotimi Akinoso also an appearance in the film on few scenes.

4 Olaolu Winfunke is the fourth Nigerian on the bill raised in Lagos, Nigeria but  was born in Chicago, Illinois