--- description: Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek delighted contestants by rapping the lyrics to Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Desiigner and Kanye West songs title: Watch Alex Trebek Rap Drake and Kayne West on Jeopardy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Alex Trebek Rapped Drake Lyrics on _Jeopardy!_ and It Was Perfect by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 21, 2017 12:48 PM CUT by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 21, 2017 12:48 PM CUT Veteran [_Jeopardy!_ host Alex Trebek](http://time.com/4529725/jeopardy-alex-trebek-losers-contestant/ "undefined") proved that 76-year-olds can still get down when he delighted contestants by rapping (well, reading) the lyrics to songs by Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Desiigner and [Kanye West](http://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/ "undefined"). Trebek, who has hosted the syndicated game show since 1984, read out lyrics to chart-topping tunes including Drake’s “Started From The Bottom” and Kanye West’s “Famous” under a category called “Let’s rap, Kids!” When he finished, he told the bemused panel: “I was just getting into this rap thing. I’m not too good at it but I was getting into it.” > [](https://twitter.com/KennyDucey/status/833844026340159489) A clip of Trebek’s rapping segment shared on Twitter by social media producer Kenny Ducey had received more than 20,000 retweets as of Tuesday morning. “I’m willing to grant a waiver for Canadian Trebek to be our new President,” one social media user said. This is [not the first time](http://time.com/4548359/alex-trebek-jeopardy-drake-rap/ "undefined") the dignified Trebek has rapped on air. Last October, he rapped the lyrics to the [popular song “Jumpman,”](http://time.com/4309491/drake-views-from-the-6-album-global-listening-party/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") while contestants were asked to identify the artist. MC Hammer, Notorious B.I.G. and Taylor Swift are among the other A-listers who have received the Trebek treatment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/"},"headline":"Alex Trebek Rapped Drake Lyrics on Jeopardy! and It Was Perfect","datePublished":"2017-02-21T12:48:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:16.052Z","description":"\"I'm not too good at it but I was getting into it\"","url":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/","name":"Alex Trebek Rapped Drake Lyrics on Jeopardy! and It Was Perfect"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME-Alex Trebek Calls Contestants Hobby “For Losers”","description":"Alex Trebek has caught some fire after he said a female contestant’s hobby was for losers. Jose Sepulveda (@josesepulveda87) has more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qvFsdRCr/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-13T19:17:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qvFsdRCr.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/","duration":"PT44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4676657/alex-trebek-drake-jeopardy-rap/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```