--- title: Watch Daniel Radcliffe Rap Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics on Fallon description: Jimmy Fallon flips through alphabet cards while the Harry Potter star kills it canonical: https://time.com/3545579/daniel-radcliffe-alphabet-aerobics-fallon/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T12:41:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:01:55.117Z og:title: Watch Daniel Radcliffe Rap Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics on Fallon og:description: Jimmy Fallon flips through alphabet cards while the Harry Potter star kills it og:url: https://time.com/3545579/daniel-radcliffe-alphabet-aerobics-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e070bf95a31102d/6987631c0b72e3f2396db46b/daniel-radcliffe-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Daniel Radcliffe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Daniel Radcliffe Rap Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics on Fallon twitter:description: Jimmy Fallon flips through alphabet cards while the Harry Potter star kills it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e070bf95a31102d/6987631c0b72e3f2396db46b/daniel-radcliffe-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Daniel Radcliffe Rap 'Alphabet Aerobics' with Jimmy Fallon > Sponsored content. 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In an appearance Tuesday on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_, the boy who lived became the man who rapped, with an incredible interpretation of Blackalicious’ Alphabet Aerobics. By any measure an extremely difficult rap to repeat, Alphabet Aerobics employs a heavy dose of mouth-numbing consonance as it wends its way through each letter of the alphabet. But Radcliffe proved himself a wizard on the mic, barely dropping a syllable. As impressive as Radcliffe’s performance is, the most enjoyable part of the video might just be Fallon’s exuberant head bobbing, especially by the letter “S”. A scintillating spectacle, stunning spectators, especially the show’s sign-squeezing emcee? Radcliffe and Blackalicious can take it from there. ### PHOTOS: See the Harry Potter Theme Park Gringotts-Themed Ride  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando _Read next:_ [_Alan Rickman Played an Epic Prank on Daniel Radcliffe While Filming Harry Potter_](http://time.com/3543864/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-snape-prank/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript For your late night highlight, on the tonight show Daniel Radcliff proved he's more than just a talented actor. He's also an amazing rapper. [ MUSIC ] Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing, analytically I assault animate things, broken barriers bound in by the bomb beat, buildings are broken basically I'm bombarding [ MUSIC ] Casually create catastrophes, casualties. [ MUSIC ] Yes, Daniel rapped Blackalicious's Alphabet Aerobics in its entirety from memory. Who knew Harry Potter could also conjure up some sick rhymes? Radcliffe told Jimmy Fallon he loved to listen to rappers like Eminem and Brittain's Plan B in his spare time. And his love for rap started young. Radcliffe said he was the first kid in his class in school to learn all the words to Eminem's the Real Slim Shady. Impressive. Still Radcliffe's first love will probably always be acting. 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