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10th Sep 2015

Watch Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake perform the ‘history of rap’ together (Video)

This is absolutely first class...

Ben Kenyon

Rap has a long and illustrious history of creating great music.

You’ve got the era-defining early stuff from the likes of Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh and MC Hammer, political statements from Beastie Boys and Public Enemy and classic 90s gangster rap from Biggie and NWA.

So what better way to eulogise this fine musical tradition than by getting two skinny white guys to perform a medley?

But Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake actually boss it. The pair treated Tonight Show viewers to a veritable treat of music from Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to Wu-Tang Clan, Drake and Kanye.

It’s brilliant. Roll on number 7….

https://youtu.be/1omPNEVOIaM