--- title: Super Bowl Commercial: Morgan Freeman Raps Missy Elliott description: While it's hard to beat Morgan Freeman narrating, well, anything, Morgan Freeman rapping along to Missy Elliott comes pretty close. canonical: https://time.com/5125157/super-bowl-2018-morgan-freeman-peter-dinklage-commercial/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-30T19:15:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:33.350Z og:title: Morgan Freeman Is One Epic Rapper in This Super Bowl Commercial og:description: The star-studded ad also features Peter Dinklage og:url: https://time.com/5125157/super-bowl-2018-morgan-freeman-peter-dinklage-commercial/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8233a78491ef876/6988f9fb7cdbac52f8d5bc37/screen-shot-2018-01-30-at-1-44-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=967&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 967 og:image:height: 544 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-01-30 at 1.44.54 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morgan Freeman Is One Epic Rapper in This Super Bowl Commercial twitter:description: The star-studded ad also features Peter Dinklage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8233a78491ef876/6988f9fb7cdbac52f8d5bc37/screen-shot-2018-01-30-at-1-44-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=967&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Morgan Freeman Lip Syncs to Missy Elliott in This Already Iconic Super Bowl 2018 Commercial > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 7:15 PM UTC  PepsiCo  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 7:15 PM UTC While it’s hard to beat [Morgan Freeman](http://time.com/5112244/morgan-freeman-statuette-gender/) narrating, well, anything, Morgan Freeman rapping along to [Missy Elliott](http://time.com/5064051/missy-elliot-essence-black-women-in-music-honoree/) comes pretty close. In a joint [Super Bowl commercial](http://time.com/4653281/super-bowl-ads-commercials-most-influential-time/) for Doritos and Mountain Dew that was released on Tuesday, the 80-year-old actor delivers an epic lip-sync performance of Missy’s perennial hit “Get Ur Freak On” in a head-to-head rap battle against _Game of Thrones_ legend Peter Dinklage. After Dinklage throws down Busta Rhymes’ speedy verse from “Look At Me Now” to promote Doritos’ new Blaze flavor, Freeman comes through with his rendition of “Get Ur Freak On” to get fans hype for Mountain Dew Ice. The star-studded spot also features cameos from Busta and Missy themselves, who appear in portraits inside the Doritos-Mountain Dew mansion to egg on the rapper rookies. 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