--- title: Sarah Paulson Raps Salt-n-Pepa's "Shoop" on Jimmy Fallon description: The actress rose to the occasion on Thursday night when Jimmy Fallon asked her to give the old-school rap a spin while on his show. canonical: https://time.com/4522714/sarah-paulson-shoop-fallon/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T15:25:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:26.244Z og:title: Watch Sarah Paulson Casually Slay Salt-n-Pepa's "Shoop" og:description: The actress busted out the old-school rap at the request of Jimmy Fallon. og:url: https://time.com/4522714/sarah-paulson-shoop-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sarah Paulson Casually Slay Salt-n-Pepa's "Shoop" twitter:description: The actress busted out the old-school rap at the request of Jimmy Fallon. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Sarah Paulson Casually Slay Salt-N-Pepa's 'Shoop' on Jimmy Fallon > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 7, 2016 3:25 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 7, 2016 3:25 PM UTC Actress Sarah Paulson is known for her dramatic chops—she [just picked up an Emmy for portraying](http://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/?iid=sr-link2) prosecutor Marcia Clark in _The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story_ and is a longstanding cast member of _American Horror Story_—but that doesn’t mean she can’t bust out a casual rap when the occasion arises, as it did on Thursday night while she was on Jimmy Fallon’s show. “I hate putting people on the spot,” Fallon started. “Oh, but you’re going to,” she said, as he proceeded to toss her a mic and the Roots picked up the beat to [the song “Shoop,” a 1993 classic ](http://time.com/4288051/salt-n-pepa-ryan-reynolds-mtv-movie-awards/?iid=sr-link1)by the rap group Salt-N-Pepa. Despite her initial hesitation, Paulson quickly got into the groove, rapping a flawless rendition of the old-school jam. 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