--- title: Watch Rae Sremmud Play Weathermen VIDEO description: The American brothers, who sing hit "Black Beatles," stopped by a French TV show to deliver the country's forecast (and perform live). canonical: https://time.com/4637661/rae-sremmurd-do-weather-tv/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-18T19:05:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:15.641Z og:title: Watch Rapper Duo Rae Sremmud Elevate the Weather News on TV og:description: The rapper brothers tried their hand at meteorology. og:url: https://time.com/4637661/rae-sremmurd-do-weather-tv/ 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 Rapper Duo Rae Sremmud Elevate the Weather News on TV twitter:description: The rapper brothers tried their hand at meteorology. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Rapper Duo Behind the Mannequin Challenge Song Give You the Weather Forecast > Sponsored content. 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Rap duo Rae Sremmurd—whose hit song soundtracked the [ubiquitous Mannequin Challenge](http://time.com/4565174/mannequin-challenge-ranking/?iid=sr-link4) and soared to the [ top of the charts](http://time.com/4571237/nicki-minaj-black-beatles-remix/?iid=sr-link1)—stopped by a French TV show to help out with the broadcast. Their role? Deliver the weather updates. Despite the fact that neither of the American brothers speak French, know French geography (where are the Pyrenees again?), or have a good sense of Celsius-to-Fahrenheit conversions, they made a committed attempt to elevate the weather into dramatic performance art in their inimitable style. “In the afternoon, the wind is still blowing over the country, but the weather is so sunny. It’s a beautiful day; go outside!” suggested meteorologist-in-training Slim Jxmmi. They also threw in a shoutout (and weather report) for their hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, before performing two of their songs for the studio audience. 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