It’s no longer news that a sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 romantic comedy is in the making.
What is news, though, is that the upcoming sequel will feature Nigerian Afro-pop superstar David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido ; “Coming To America 2.” Ghanaian / Liberian actor and comedian, Michael Blackson, made this information known.
Blackson went to his twitter page to say Davido revealed to him that in the upcoming film he had a performance appearance:
“Davido told me he has a performance scene in the movie #ComingToAmerica2 congrats homie.”
https://twitter.com/MichaelBlackson/status/1175521304671379457
Former Prince Akeem is set to become King of Zamunda in the sequel when he finds that he has a son that he never knew of in America – a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring the dying desire of his father to groom this child as the crowned prince set off for America, Akeem and Semmi.
Coming to America 1
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall will replace Prince Akeem and his BFF Semmi with their roles. James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell, John Amos as Cleo McDowell, Paul Bates as Oha, Louie Anderson as Maurice and Vanessa Bell Calloway as Imani Izzi are other returning cast members.
They will be joined by Jermaine Fowler, Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Jones, KiKi Layne, Rick Ross, Luenell, Rotimi, Teyana Taylor and Michael Blackson.