The Jay Z Story - SNL

The definitive, fully accurate story of New York's quirkiest rapper Jay-Z's rise to fame. Starring Mike O'Brien as Jay-Z, Sasheer Zamata as Beyoncé, Jason Sudeikis as Kanye West and J.K. Simmons as Nas. [Season 40, 2015]

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[JSalonsky]

"what are we doing eating these huge salads? let's go practice rapping!"

[spek-]

This is one of the most underrated SNL sketches. Absolute brilliant. Mike O'Brien was underutilized as a writer.

[callummoodley]

"Oh great, Nas" that line was delivered perfectly lmao

[Thechillproductions]

"Let's go practice rapping!" Might be one of the funniest things over heard

[sasohal]

wow - too funny when Nas showed up "oh great Nas"

[rasengan]

I lost it when I saw "NAS" hahaha

[bigsllim]

"None of my problems involve the ladies!"

[coltonmartinez]

“See ya Nas”’

“Bye Jay-Z”

That had me crying lol

[brophpiece]

Almost three years later and still one of the most underrated segments in recent years

[wargo]

jason sudeikis as kanye is beyond perfect

[Coco]

Pharoah's impression of Jay Z keeps amazing me. At this point, I can't really hear the difference at all between them.
Also great sketch :)

[s.g.]

3:17 nobodys talkin about how perfect is this "Jay Z voice"??

[MrShimazu]

That joke about how Kanye’s brain works has aged like a fine wine. 👌

[xandross]

I could watch a full 2 hour documentary of this

[luckyDancer]

"What are we doing eating these huge salads?"😂

[m.v.]

This was great lmfaoooo.... "P.S. Your beautiful" hahaha and the Kanye part with Jason was CLASSIC!!! "I wanna be a rapper, like Hoooollly Guacamole" hahahahahahaha

[michaelmachupa]

if the people who made Gods of Egypt made the Jay-Z story

[thomascrownbuerger]

"Kanye, look at me. Your brain works like no one's I've ever met."

[qdelskim]

I don't know how many times I've watched it. Mike O'brien is a brilliant comedian. From last years of SNL years I remember keep getting back to few sketches: Grow a guy, Monster Pals, and this one (the Champ is his?), all of his ideas and weirdness. Such a talent. Him and Kyle Mooney have similar indie vibe.

[cryfest]

JK Simmons appearing as NAS actually cracked me up.