system anthem for many years on dubplate, and inspired a UK version produced by Mad Professor in 1981. It has also inspired jungle covers. There is an annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival held in Maryland. The 1988 comedy film Coming to America jokingly references Kunta Kinte, in an homage to Roots (John Amos, who played a supporting role in Coming to America as the father of the protagonist's love interest, played the adult version of Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries). Ice Cube mentions Kunta Kinte in his 1991 song No Vaseline where he disses members of his former group N.W.A where he compares MC Ren to Kunta Kinte stating "So don't believe what Ren say. 'Cause he's goin' out like Kunte Kinte". Kendrick Lamar's 2015 song "King Kunta" was inspired by the character. Afrikan Boy released a song called Mr. Kunta Kinte in 2016 Athlete Colin Kaepernick wore a T-shirt with "Kunta Kinte" emblazoned on it to a controversial NFL workout. In CNN's interpretation, "Kaepernick appeared to use the reference to make a statement: He will not change who he is to appease the powers that be." See also Kunta Kinteh Island in the Gambia List of slaves References External links The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation Roots: The Saga of an American Family Characters in American novels of the 20th century Fictional African-American people Fictional amputees Fictional characters based on real people Fictional Gambian people Fictional immigrants to the United States Fictional Muslims Fictional people from the 18th-century Fictional people from the 19th-century Fictional slaves Literary characters introduced in 1976