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Video: Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake Do "History Of Rap 5"
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 22, 2014
Modified Feb 22, 2014
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After a busy couple of days filled with kale chips, figure skating Will Ferrell, rapping news anchors, and celebrity cameos galore, Jimmy Fallon closed out his first week as host of The Tonight Show with one of his most beloved recurring bits: "The History Of Rap," with Justin Timberlake. For the fifth installment, the two broke out Beastie Boys, Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, Drake, Kanye West and more. Watch below.
You can see the full list of songs from #5 below:
LL Cool J - I’m Bad Run DMC - Beats to the Rhyme Crazy Calls - Wait for the Beep Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right Tone Loc - Wild Thing DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Fresh Prince Theme Salt N’ Pepa - Whatta Man Positive K - I Got A Man The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Dre Day Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - Regulate N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton Ini Kamoze - Hot Stepper Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean Busta Rhymes feat. P. Diddy & Pharrell - Pass the Courvoisier, Part II Kris Kross - Jump Skee-Lo - I Wish Jay Z - 99 Problems Ludacris - Move Bitch (Get Out the Way) Drake - Started From the Bottom Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) Kanye West feat. T-Pain - Good Life Run DMC - Walk This Way
And in case you haven't seen it (or just haven't seen it lately), below you can watch the first four parts put together.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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