Justin Timberlake returned to the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon stage on Friday, and he and Fallon unveiled "The History of Rap: Part 3."
Beginning with Run D.M.C.'s "King of Rock," Timberlake and Fallon's mash-up took the audience from 1985 to the present with such songs as Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise," and Kanye West's "Stronger." They ended the number with Naughty By Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray."
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This fall, the hip-hop world was rocked by the fatal shooting of Run DMC member Jam Master Jay. In the tragedy's wake, bandmate Daryl "DMC" McDaniels stays strong by holding onto his fond memories of the pioneering rap group's work.
"Run DMC was always about love," he tells TV Guide Online. "We weren't really the greatest rappers in the world, but everybody gave us love and we always gave it back. It was 70 percent love and 30 percent talent with us! We only did what the people wanted us to do."
With the release of her Under Construction album, his pal Missy Elliott has lit a fire under the grieving rapper. "That s--- is so deep and real," he says of the hip-hop bad girl's latest work. "I told Missy that's a perfect 10 album. I think that might be album of the year. People don't really make albums like that no more. That s--- inspired me to keep rapping!"
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