--- title: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake Sing a History of Rap description: Justin Timberlake joined Jimmy Fallon for another installment of The History of Rap on The Tonight Show. canonical: https://time.com/4028881/jimmy-fallon-justin-timberlake-history-of-rap-6/ author: Mark Rivett-Carnac article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-10T05:17:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:29.870Z og:title: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake Perform History of Rap 6 og:description: Fallon went all out for "Straight Outta Compton." og:url: https://time.com/4028881/jimmy-fallon-justin-timberlake-history-of-rap-6/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a81beb0943e339d/698862fe5f570f1fa3b1d4fa/screen-shot-2015-09-10-at-1-02-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=820&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 820 og:image:height: 461 og:image:alt: Jimmy Fallon Justin Timberlake History of Rap og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake Perform History of Rap 6 twitter:description: Fallon went all out for "Straight Outta Compton." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a81beb0943e339d/698862fe5f570f1fa3b1d4fa/screen-shot-2015-09-10-at-1-02-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=820&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake Team Up for Another Killer History of Rap > Sponsored content. 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Kelly’s and Jay Z’s hit “Fiesta” and went straight into LL Cool J’s “Rock the Bells.” Visiting some classics of the genre, Fallon did a convincing impersonation of Slick Rick’s yawn rhymes in “La Di Da Di” and went all out for “Straight Outta Compton” by N.W.A. Newer acts were welcomed, too, as Timberlake covered “My Way” by Fetty Wap and Fallon dug deep for “Bugatti” by Ace Hood. 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