Sampa The Great Features In New 'Black Panther' Trailer

Zambian rapper Sampa The Great has achieved another massive career achievement with her song Never Forget with Mwanjé and Chef 187 featuring in the newly released Wakanda Forever trailer. 

As the track plays in the background the clip introduces the returning cast from the original Black Panther and hints at a new threat from Atlantean mutant Namor.

On Twitter, Sampa said, "Can you imagine! Me … A Non billboard charting ass, No huge awards having ass, non Viral video ass, No Sold out Arena tour having ass Independent artist Whose song is on a Black Panther Trailer! This how God works."

The track featured on her latest album As Above, So Below and acts as a tribute to Zambian music genre Zamrock. 

“Never Forget” is an ode to Zamrock music, a genre born in the 70’s combining traditional Zambian music and psychedelic rock. In particular, the song focuses on kalindula music. This tribute was inspired by the band WITCH and their lead singer Mr Jagari Chanda, who has become one of my musical mentors," Sampa stated on the release. 

"I discovered Zamrock later in my life and was surprised that this music was known globally, yet not fully celebrated and acknowledged in Zambia today. It hit home for me as I felt similarities in my own journey, having had my career take off outside my birth country.

"I thought it was fitting to pay homage to those who came before me and merge past, present and future through music and imagery; passing the baton from one generation to the next. The archival footage in the clip includes the late great Paul Ngozi, the late president Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia’s first president) and the legendary WITCH."

As Above, So Below is the result of Sampa relocating to Zambia during the pandemic, as she reconnected with a different side of herself, one attached to the younger artistry that she nourished growing up in Africa.