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Meek Mill & Asake Join Afro Nation Ghana Line-Up

The biggest Afrobeats festival is making a grand return to Accra, Ghana at the end of the year.

Afro Nation has just announced two big new names who will be joining the festival's return home to Ghana.

Rap superstarMeek Millis the first American to join the bill, with this show marking his first major appearance in Africa following years of talking about visiting Ghana and the continent. A few days ago, Meek Mill was tweetingDavido (another Afro Nation headliner) about "getting a lot of calls from Africa" and making a show happen. The two stars collaborated back in 2015 for "Fans Mi."

In addition to him, Nigerian man-of-the-momentAsakehas joined the Afro Nation Ghana bill and will be bringing his energetic street pop to Accra. For more on the buzzing Asake, read our new feature on his unquestionable rise.

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Listen to Davido & Meek Mill's High-Profile Collaboration 'Fans Mi'

Davido and Meek Mill drop the music video for their high-profile "afro-trap-beats" collaboration, "Fans Mi."

In March Davidoannounced that he was teaming with Philly's own Meek Mill for what we presume is only the beginning of a growing trend of high-profile Naija / U.S. rap and pop star collaborations.

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