Watch Riz Ahmed’s Rap Battle Against James Corden
At this point, nobody should be surprised that the fast-rising movie and TV star Riz Ahmed can rap. Along with his Swet Shop Boys partner Heems, Riz performed at Coachella this past weekend, and now he’s got a week in Los Angeles in between festival weekends. Last night, he showed up on James Corden’s Late Late Show to throw down against Corden in a staged rap battle, with Heems acting as his cornerman. This made for some thoroughly silly spectacle, and I’m almost embarrassed at how much I liked it. Riz started off by calling Corden “Sean Spicer mixed with a singing Uber driver” and ended it thusly: “I saw you at Coachella; you were the big white tent, right?” He also nailed Corden for biting Graham Norton’s whole act. Watch it all happen below.
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