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Video: Justin Timberlake And Jimmy Fallon Perform New "History Of Rap"
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 16, 2013
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Justin Timberlake has been having a lot of fun paling around with potential future Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon during his week-long residency on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Previously, they performed a swingin' barbershop quartet rendition of "Sexy Back," but saved the best for last: below, watch the two perform the fourth edition of their effervescent "History Of Rap," with bits of the Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, Run DMC, Salt N Peppa, Missy Elliott, Eminem and more.
In case you haven't seen it (or just haven't seen it lately), here are the first three parts put together.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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