--- title: Watch Ryan Philippe Rap on Sway in the Morning VIDEO description: Ryan Phillippe showed off his rap skills while on 'Sway in the Morning' when he rhymed about his role in 'Cruel Intentions' and fatherhood. canonical: https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-12T17:13:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:19.237Z og:title: Watch Ryan Phillippe Rap About Being a Dad, 'Cruel Intentions' og:description: Could this be the start of a new career for Ryan? og:url: https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf23d11d7b360ff72/6988d55a656a3f2c4fbd0c85/ryan-philippe-raps-sway-in-the-morning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Build Presents The Cast Of "Wish Upon" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ryan Phillippe Rap About Being a Dad, 'Cruel Intentions' twitter:description: Could this be the start of a new career for Ryan? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf23d11d7b360ff72/6988d55a656a3f2c4fbd0c85/ryan-philippe-raps-sway-in-the-morning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ryan Phillippe Rap About Being a Dad and _Cruel Intentions_ > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 12, 2017 5:13 PM UTC In case [Ryan Phillippe](http://time.com/4734436/katy-perry-ryan-phillippe-dating-tweet/) is contemplating a career change, it looks like the former teen heartthrob and [_Shooter_](http://time.com/4402802/shooter-pulled-usa-network/)star could make a case for becoming a rapper. During an interview on _Sway in the Morning_, Philippe showed off his bars after Sway played a beat for him. Although Phillippe protested initially, he had lyrics pre-written in a note on his cellphone and covered everything from fatherhood to [_Cruel Intentions_](http://time.com/4663265/sexiest-movies-of-all-time/)in his verses. “Crash into me with _Cruel Intentions_ and I’ll take away your girl and do some things that we won’t mention,” he rapped. “I know what she did last summer in the front seat of my Caddy/No, I don’t drive a Hummer/I’m trying to keep it clean ’cause I’m a father and a daddy if you know what I mean.” Phillippe also paid homage to Shia LaBeouf with a later verse while praising his own widely ranging skills. “I can still get inspired like when an actor comes on _Sway_ and starts spittin’ some fire like Shia/Shia was nice man/LaBeouf was a beast and there will be no disrespect ’cause I don’t want no LaBeef.” Watch Phillippe spit bars below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Phillippe Rap About Being a Dad and Cruel Intentions","datePublished":"2017-07-12T17:13:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:19.237Z","description":"Could this be the start of a new career for Ryan?","url":"https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf23d11d7b360ff72/6988d55a656a3f2c4fbd0c85/ryan-philippe-raps-sway-in-the-morning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf23d11d7b360ff72/6988d55a656a3f2c4fbd0c85/ryan-philippe-raps-sway-in-the-morning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Build Presents The Cast Of \"Wish Upon\"","caption":"Build Presents The Cast Of \"Wish Upon\"","creditText":"Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4855044/ryan-phillippe-rap-video/","name":"Watch Ryan Phillippe Rap About Being a Dad and Cruel Intentions"}}]}] ```