--- title: Macklemore Ryan Lewis on Jimmy Fallon description: Poor Ryan Lewis canonical: https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-04T12:00:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:19.905Z og:title: Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis og:description: Hint: nobody recognizes him og:url: https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-06-04 at 7.21.42 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis twitter:description: Hint: nobody recognizes him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 4, 2014 12:00 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 4, 2014 12:00 PM UTC Being a sidekick is tough. Just ask Robin, Barney Rubble, Art Garfunkel or, you know, Ryan Lewis. After [Drake trolled his fans ](http://time.com/59502/drake-interview-jimmy-kimmel/) at the behest of Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon sent Lewis out on the streets of New York City to ask Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans what they think about Ryan Lewis. While Drake wore a wig and glasses when he prowled the sidewalks for unsuspecting fans, Lewis just dressed like himself and walked up to people. He even held up a photo of himself standing next to Macklemore and asked fans to point out Ryan Lewis in the picture and, still, no one recognized him. It’s also pretty clear that no one has any idea what Lewis does in the band. The prank gets especially entertaining — and cringe inducing — when people finally figure out who it is they are talking to. Needless to say they won’t forget what Lewis looks like anytime soon. **MORE**: [VIDEO: Watch Charli XCX’s _The Fault In Our Stars_ Clip for “Boom Clap”](http://time.com/2818024/charli-xcx-fault-in-our-stars-boom-clap/) **MORE**: [Grammys 2014: Macklemore Says Kendrick Lamar “Was Robbed” On Best Rap Album](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/27/grammys-2014-macklemore-says-kendrick-lamar-was-robbed-on-best-rap-album/) Macklemore Ryan Lewis on Jimmy Fallon ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis","datePublished":"2014-06-04T12:00:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:19.905Z","description":"Poor Ryan Lewis","url":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc772b3a30a972ef4/69869617169ab0b741279c0b/screen-shot-2014-06-04-at-7-21-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-06-04 at 7.21.42 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2819257/watch-ryan-lewis-ask-macklemore-fans-what-they-think-of-ryan-lewis/","name":"Watch Ryan Lewis Ask Macklemore Fans What They Think Of Ryan Lewis"}}]}] ```