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Megan Thee Stallion and Bobby Sessions Debut New Song for Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Coming 2 America’

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Texas rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Bobby Sessions release the song “I’m A King” for the new movie Coming 2 America.

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Sessions is a rapper from Dallas, Texas. He grew up playing jazz music and went to weekly open mic poetry nights in college, according to his website. He made his music debut in 2015 and went on to help write Stallion’s hit song “Savage.” He recently released the motivational song “Level Up.”

Megan Thee Stallion is known for her hit “WAP” featuring Cardi B, and recently released a new music video for her latest single “Cry Baby.” In an interview in GQ, Savage describes the harrowing experience of being shot in the foot in July and the events that followed. She has been featured on the cover of Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People as well as a Saturday Night Live performance that kicked off the 46th season last October.

Coming 2 America is an Eddie Murphy comedy movie. The movie is a sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America. The full soundtrack and film are being released on March 5.

The track “I’m a King” dropped on February 4 as the background of the new trailer. It is an upbeat song with lyrics that reference the film such as “Coming to America” and “Palace here in Dallas, the crib like Zamunda.” According to Genius, Zamunda is a fictional town in Africa full of luxury that was featured in the first movie Coming to America.

Amazon Prime Video will release both the film and album for Coming 2 America on March 5.