Cassper to become the first SA rapper to perform on US show Sway In The Morning

Rapper Cassper Nyovest is set to become the first South African rapper to perform on the popular US hip-hop morning radio show Sway In The Morning.

The rapper will sit down with the legendary show at around 7:30pm, South African time on Wednesday.

A photo posted by Refiloe Phoolo      (@casspernyovest) on Jun 21, 2016 at 11:04pm PDT

Making the announcement to his fans on Snapchat, Cassper revealed that he is nervous ahead of the show.

"I'm doing Sway In The Morning, in the morning. I'm so nervous. Hopefully I remember all my rhymes," he said.

Cassper reveals his nerves come from him feeling the pressure to represent his country and continent.

There's so much pressure because I am the first South African rapper to do Sway In The Morning and I feel like I have to do my country proud and not let my continent down," he told fans.

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The rapper is in America for the upcoming BET Awards this weekend, where he is nominated in the Best International Act: Africa category.

Cassper's appearance on the morning show follows that of DJ Ms Cosmo who performed a special set for the show when she was in New York earlier this month.

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Local rapper Reason also had his song Yipikayay played on the show last month.