{"id":90677,"date":"2017-06-15T21:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T01:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=90677"},"modified":"2017-06-15T23:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T03:52:01","slug":"1st-look-lil-yachty-roots-perform-simpsons-rap-jimmy-fallons-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/06\/15\/1st-look-lil-yachty-roots-perform-simpsons-rap-jimmy-fallons-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Yachty &#038; The Roots Perform &#8220;Simpsons&#8221; Rap on Jimmy Fallon&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; (Watch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; featured a conventional, on-stage musical performance from Lorde.<\/p>\n<p>It also featured a special, pre-produced musical segment.<\/p>\n<p>Lil Yachty and The Roots collaborated on a &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; rap entitled &#8220;Lil Yachty Raps About 59 Simpsons Characters.&#8221; The comedic segment aired early in Thursday&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>A video and photo of the segment follow:<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zw5eDxOdowI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lil-Yachty-Fallon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90678\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0693 &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Host Jimmy Fallon and Lil Yachty with James Poyser, Ahmir &#8220;Questlove&#8221; Thompson and Stro Elliot of The Roots during &#8220;Simpsons Rap&#8221; on June 15, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p>Lorde is the headline musical guest on Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her performance is not, however, the only musical moment on the episode.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; also features a pre-produced &#8220;Simpsons Rap&#8221; segment.<\/p>\n<p>The bit features Fallon, members of in-house band The Roots, and rising hip-hop star Lil Yachty.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring &#8220;Simpsons Rap,&#8221; Lorde&#8217;s interview and performance and interviews with Ethan Hawke and &#8220;mustache experts&#8221; Russell Cordeiro and Allan Peterkin, Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; airs at 11:35PM ET\/PT on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of the &#8220;Simpsons Rap&#8221; segment follows.  <a href=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/06\/15\/first-look-lorde-appears-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\">Shots of the episode&#8217;s other moments are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch Lil Yachty and members of The Roots collaborate on a rap about 59 &#8220;Simpsons&#8221; characters.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[246,6607,210,9227,2755,485],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lil Yachty &amp; The Roots Perform &quot;Simpsons&quot; Rap on Jimmy Fallon&#039;s &quot;Tonight Show&quot; (Watch)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: Thursday&#039;s &quot;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&quot; featured a conventional, on-stage musical performance from Lorde. 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