- SO, JASON, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
I SHOWED A VIDEO ON MY SHOW OF A GUY
WHO CAN RAP VERY, VERY FAST.
LOOK AT THIS GUY.
OH, [bleep].
I FORGOT Z.
- NOT SPED UP.
- THAT'S NOT SPED UP. THAT IS THAT GUY.
I WANTED TO MEET HIM, SO HERE HE IS.
PLEASE WELCOME FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, MAC LETHAL.
- [singing] COME ON, BABY, TELL ME WHAT'S THE WORD
WORD UP, UP, UP
EVERYBODY SAY
WHEN YOU HEAR THEY CALL YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT UNDER WAY
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M DOING GOOD.
- [singing] UP, UP
IT'S THE CODE WORD
NO MATTER WHERE YOU SAY IT
- YES!
[cheers and applause]
LOOK WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
- WELL, YOU DESERVE TO BE WHEREVER YOU WANT TO BE,
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING...
- THIS IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CHAIR I'VE SAT IN IN MY LIFE.
- ISN'T IT SOFT?
- YEAH, THIS IS GREAT. - IT'S SO SOFT.
- GREAT. - SO--
- I'M IMPRESSED YOU'RE SITTING DOWN.
[laughter]
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLY.
- YEAH, I CAN. - YEAH, YEAH.
- I CAN. THAT WILL COST YOU, THOUGH.
- LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD.
- HOW LONG--HE WOULD BE A HUMMINGBIRD IF HE WOULD FLY.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RAPPING,
AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RAPPING THAT FAST?
- I'VE BEEN RAPPING FOR 16 YEARS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO RAP FAST.
BUT I FOUND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,
I COULD KIND OF DO IT A LITTLE FASTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE,
AND OVER THE LAST ONE YEAR, MY SON WAS BORN,
AND WHAT I WOULD DO EVERY NIGHT TO PUT HIM TO SLEEP IS,
I WOULD QUIETLY RAP IN HIS EAR REALLY FAST, SO I'D GO...
[imitates frenetic rapping]
AND HE WOULD EVENTUALLY FALL ASLEEP
FROM ALL THE REPETITION OF THE...
[audience awws]
[laughs]
- LOOK AT THIS LITTLE BABY.
- BUT HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO COVER HIS EARS, WHICH IS NICE.
[laughter]
THIS IS...
- HE CAN'T REALLY HEAR THAT REPETITION.
AND WHAT IS YOUR SON'S NAME?
- ROCKWELL, BUT WE CALL HIM ROCKY.
- ROCK, AND SO WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT RAPPING?
- HIM.
I LOVE THAT I CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM.
THAT'S THE GREATEST THING.
I LIKE THAT I CAN GIVE A VOICE TO PEOPLE
THAT CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES.
I LIKE THAT IT'S EDGY, IT'S A LITTLE COUNTERCULTURE,
BUT I CAN STILL EXPRESS A GOOD, POSITIVE MESSAGE
AND DO CREATIVE STUFF WITH IT.
- AND IT'S 2.5 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW.
- IN TWO WEEKS. - AND TODAY--IN TWO WEEKS.
TODAY I UNDERSTAND YOU WROTE A SPECIAL RAP FOR ME.
- WELL, HERE'S THE THING.
I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I WAS COMING ON YOUR SHOW.
YOU ARE JUST KILLING THE GAME RIGHT NOW
AND JUST SO AWESOME, AND...
[cheers and applause]
- WELL DONE.
- SO I WAS ON THE PLANE RIDE HERE,
AND MY SON WOULD NOT CALM DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP,
AND I HAD THIS BEAT,
WHERE I KIND OF RE-DID YOUR THEME MUSIC,
AND I NEEDED SOME LYRICS,
SO I JUST STARTED KIND OF WHISPERING INTO MY SON'S EAR,
AND HE FELL ASLEEP TO THIS.
HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT THAT HE FELL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER,
SO I WROTE A RAP ABOUT YOU AND HOW AMAZING YOUR SHOW IS,
AND I'D LIKE TO PERFORM IT FOR YOU.
- WELL, I WOULD LOVE THAT. I HOPE NO ONE FALLS ASLEEP.
I HOPE THEY DO NOT.. PLEASE DO.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT. I HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET.
[cheers and applause]
- HELLO.
[funky music]
WHAT'S UP, EVERYBODY?
HOW YOU GUYS DOING TODAY?
[cheers and applause]
ELLEN, I REMIXED YOUR THEME MUSIC FOR YOU.
I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
HERE WE GO.
[cheers and applause]
- FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - YOU'RE AMAZING.
THAT'S MAC LETHAL.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
MAC LETHAL.