Calgary country musician performs impromptu duet with rapper Afroman

It's not often you'll see a country music singer and a rapper collaborate to perform a classic rock and roll song in an airport.

Travellers were treated to just such a scene at the Calgary International Airport on Friday morning, however, when California rapperAfroman best known for his hit,Because I Got High asked to joinCalgary musicianDevin Cooper while he wasbusking.

The rapper had performed the night before at theSaddledome alongside Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Bone Thugs-N-Harmonyand Kurupt.

He and Cooper did a short rendition of the Guns N' Roses classic, Patience, much to the delight of passersby.

"I happened tobeen playing Every Rose Has ItsThornby Poison as Afroman was coming through security," said Cooper, who has been buskingat the airport a couple mornings a week since December.

"He walked up to me and was kind of standing there grooving as I was finishing the tune. He talked to me, asked how my day was going ... then he asked if I knew any Guns N'Roses songs because he had an Axl Rose impersonation he'd been working on that he wanted to do."

A WestJet employee standing nearby grabbed Cooper's phone and recorded the pair.Cooper then texted the footage to Afromanand he posted it to his Instagram account with Cooper tagged which hadbeen viewed more than 11,400 times by Monday afternoon.

"He was dressed to the nines. He had a pretty elaborate outfit on, it was quite the travel suit," said Cooper.

"It was just random, kind of on-the-spot, it happened out of nowhere.A bunch of people in the airport started recognizing him and taking pictures. It was fun."

The internationally known rapper also left a tip in the form of American currency.

"It was one of those cool things you have the video to talk about. One of those cool experiences to put in the book of things that happened," said Cooper.

Originally from Innisfail, the now 22-year-oldCooper began playing guitar at age seven and began songwriting as a teenager.

"I used to be a little bit more on the rock and blues side of things. The last couple of years, I've kind of transitioned over intocountry music a bit more," he said.

"And I'm songwriting a ton."

Cooper will also be performing as part of a Music for Mexico fundraiser on March 13 at the King Eddy, with money raised at the event being used to build homes for theunderprivilegedin Mexico.