Wednesday night, Gwyneth Paltrow joined Jimmy Fallon for a Broadway rendition of Big Sean’s “IDFWU” along with hits from Drake and Nicki Minaj. Depending on how you look at it, Fallon is either Hip-Hop’s most unlikely ambassador or a cheesy dude who pimps rap.
Either way, you’ll see some people who are definitely not rappers dropping verses next to Fallon and the Legendary Roots Crew. We rounded up 13 Non Rappers Rhyming On Jimmy Fallon, and here are some of the more notable contributors.
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Photo: NBC screen capture
Justin Timberlake
Fallon and Timberlake are the modern day Laurel and Hardy of rich, white actor rap. They more or less set things off with their “History of Rap” sketches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFznXGT7cs
Brian Williams
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The old guy from NBC News (also Marnie and Peter Pan’s dad in real life) has his own renditions of “Gin and Juice,” “Baby Got Back” and “Rapper’s “Delight.” Actually, it’s just a bunch of supercuts, supremely edited over instrumentals, but they’re quite the spectacle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YCeIgt7hMs
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway kept things Broadway, as she transitioned from Les Miserables to a Broadway version of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” complete with some semi-awkward gyrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7Jk2vNxuQ
LeBron James
Bron-Bron also joined the lip-syncing, as he and Jimmy pantomimed an updated version of Kurtis Blow’s “Basketball.”
Ariana Grande
You know the drill. Ariana Grande has 99 problems and…
Alison Brie
Alison Brie morphed into “Allie Brie” to freestyle about NBC’s Community at the urging of Questlove and Jimmy. The only way this would’ve been better was if Donald Glover live-tweeted it.
Rashida Jones
Aside from being funny, and beautiful, Jones can also spin a mean dreidel, and knows how to flip a version of “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon.
Stephen Merchant
You haven’t really laughed hard until you see Stephen Merchant mime the words, “Back up and give a brother room” while performing DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’s “Boom! Shake The Room.”
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Not to be outdone, Levitt followed Merchant’s performance with Nicki Minaj’s “Superbass.”
Jimmy Fallon
Of course, none of this would be possible without your gracious host, Jimmy Fallon. He performs pop, rap, dresses in drag and plays piano.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow has performed Cee Lo’s “Forget You” on Glee and at the 2011 GRAMMY awards. So Wednesday, marked the occasion of her ratcheting things up a notch with “IDFWU.” Just for fun, she added in a Broadway version of Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda.”
