By Brian Hampton • October 9, 2019
Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o shocked the crowd with a freestyle on The Jimmy Fallon Show on Monday (October 7) over a live instrumental from the revered Roots band.
Nyong’o name dropped JAY-Z, Beyoncé and her self-love book in the spontaneous session.
The 36-year-old thespian rapped under an alter ego, “Troublemaker as she spit, “Oh boy, that’s a dope beat, ok hold on. Troublemaker in the building heeey.”
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