Arsenio Hall, is Coming To America again on today, March 5th. The actor/comedian/talk show host, joins Charlamagne Tha God on Zoom to tell stories like meeting Eddie Murphy for the first time, time spent with Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle as well as the difficulties of being a talk show host trying to play iconic music from Bobby Brown.

Legends supporting legends only, is part of the experience Hall had while befriending comedian icons Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle. "I loved their relationship. There was never jealousy," he says. "Legends and goats haven’t always gotten along and I love that Chris and Chapelle don’t compete and that’s the way Richard [Pryor] and Eddie [Murphy] were..... I love when the GOATs hang out and drive each other higher."

When did some of these legends meet? Hall recalls the time meeting Murphy while he was in town for The Tonight Show. Keenan Ivory Wayans actually introduced the two when Murphy wanted to work out his set before the show. "Keenan introduced me to Eddie and Eddie said 'I wanted to meet you in person cause my mother thinks we look a like... you don’t look like me.'” This hilarious story led to a friendship like no other. Including the lead into an iconic movie Coming To America and now Coming To America 2.

Was Hall hesitant to bring a sequel to Coming To America? The answer is "oh yes!" He continues "You're afraid of criticism... From Charlamagne to someone on Twitter." However he does think the "true fans" are really going to like the film. It turns out the rumors we've heard of a second Coming To America from the past were all false. "We decided it was great, it did well, we’re going to leave it as it is." He continues, "We loved the first one and had decided to never do a sequel, and then he [Murphy] heard the idea."

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