-Could we just run down everything that's
happened to you since you were last on our show?
-Mm-hmm.
-You won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave."
-Not bad. -Yeah, not bad.
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You were in a couple of small films --
"Star Wars" and "Black Panther."
You got a Tony nomination... -Mm-hmm!
-...for your -- Yeah.
And then probably most important --
your name is now a Beyoncé lyric.
-I mean, yeah. -I mean, come on. That's --
-Yeah, that's it. -How fun is that?
"Brown Skin Girl" -- she says,
"She needs an Oscar for that pretty dark skin.
Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in."
Come on! [ Cheers and applause ]
I love that!
Now, how do you hear about that?
Does Beyoncé call you and give you a heads-up that she --
-No! Queen Bee does not tell anyone anything.
No, I was in London and I was doing a press junket
for a documentary I did called "Warrior Women."
And the first journalist is just interviewing me,
and she says, "How do you feel
now that you're a Beyoncé lyric?"
And I was like, "What are you talking about?"
And she was like, "Really? It dropped this morning.
You don't know?"
And I was like, "No, I don't know.
What are you talking about?" "Oh, my God!
Am I the first person to tell you?"
And I was like, "Yes, you are."
-"You're an absolute lyric right now.
Yeah, it's madness." -She was so chuffed.
-Yeah. But you're also --
I found out, you're a Jay-Z lyric, as well.
-I am, yes! -What's going on with the...
[ Cheers and applause ] They're obsessed.
What's going on with the Carters?
-I don't know.
I love the Carters, and they seem to love me.
I'm not mad. -Do you like anyone better?
Which song do you like -- -Oh, no, I couldn't do that.
I couldn't choose between the two, no.
-I've heard you rap before.
You rap, but what do you rap under?
A different name, right? -Yes.
-Well, who are you? -Troublemaker.
-Ah! That's what I'm talking about.
Yeah, Troublemaker.
Could you give us a little sample of a rap?
-I mean... [ Cheers and applause ]
-Come on.
-Well, the thing -- Okay, the thing about Troublemaker --
first of all, I was baptized Troublemaker by Common,
so I feel like it's legit.
-Wow.
-And it's something I do in a car.
I need a car.
But, okay, if I had a mic, like, a mic --
Oh, and every respectable -- Oh!
-We always have -- We have so many microphones.
Whichever one you want to use.
-Yeah, a respectable emcee has that.
But then, also, one of the things I have to have
as Troublemaker is shades, so -- Oh, my God.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Just give -- Just a taste. Just a taste.
-Oh, my goodness.
Okay, only if The Roots will join me!
♪♪ Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh!
That's a dope beat. Okay. Hold up.
♪ Troublemaker in the building, hey ♪
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♪ I feel some bars coming ♪ ♪ Bars coming ♪
♪ Oh-oh ♪
♪ Much love to the Carters, Hova and Beyoncé ♪
♪ They always big me up in a big way ♪
♪ I'm a brown-skin girl, so that means a lot ♪
♪ Hov said we made it, got an Oscar for my props ♪
♪ Much love to Jimmy and The Roots 'cause they hot ♪
♪ Wrote a book about self-love, "Sulwe" is 'bout to drop ♪
♪ October 15th, on time, tick-tock ♪
♪ Better go to commercial or these bars won't stop ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] -Oh, yes! Wow!
Hey! You can do it. Yeah!
That was amazing! Troublemaker! Oh, I love it!
Dude, come on. Song of the summer.
Let's see more Troublemaker. I love it, pal.
Thank you for doing that. -I'm a one-hit wonder.
-No, I loved that. -Thank you.
-Did you used to do that --
Like, do you do that on set and, like --
I mean, do you perform all the time?
-I'm a fraud. -You are a fraud.
-I mean, I feel like in my past li--
I am supposed to be a rapper, but I'm not.
-You're not. -So I just -- I do it for fun.
I like to play a rapper, but I'm really not one.
-Oh, yeah, yeah. I thought that was fantastic.