Lin-Manuel Miranda Channeled Ja Rule In 'Hamilton' | CONAN on TBS

Lin-Manuel was thinking of Ja Rule and Ashanti when he wrote "Helpless," and now they're performing on the "Hamilton" mixtape.

FOLLOW TEAM COCO ON SOCIAL

ABOUT CONAN ON TBS
Airing weeknights since 2010, CONAN on TBS is home to topical monologues, remote segments, celebrity interviews, musical performances and stand-up from the top comedians in the world. Watch highlights, outtakes and behind the scenes footage of Conan palling around with sidekick Andy Richter, tormenting Associate Producer Jordan Schlansky and playing the latest video games on Clueless Gamer.

ABOUT TEAM COCO
Team Coco is the YouTube home for all things Conan O’Brien and the Team Coco Podcast Network. Team Coco features over 25 years of comedy sketches, celebrity interviews and stand-up comedy sets from CONAN on TBS and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, as well as exclusive videos from podcasts like Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Literally! with Rob Lowe, Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer, The Three Questions with Andy Richter, May I Elaborate? with JB Smoove and Scam Goddess with Laci Mosley.

Lin-Manuel Miranda Channeled Ja Rule In "Hamilton" | CONAN on TBS

[bfallon]

"The children of the internet."

OMG LIN SAID MY NAME

[funnysadgirl]

Lin basically just admitted he wrote helpless as a fanfic I'm

[agirlwithbooks]

"Feels as the children of the Internet would say" LIN I LOVE YOOOOU

[lukesguywalker]

He did give a little Ja Rule! The part in Helpless where he says "And as long as I'm alive Eliza swear you'll never feel so..." there's a little growl in his voice. Bahaha. That's pretty cute.

[misbahahmed]

Old man Miranda back at it with 'The feels'

[shazledazzle]

I love when Lin's voice does the thing in Helpless 💕

[lbbrbxf]

I KNEW IT! Right as I heard that line for the first time in "Helpless" I knew he was trying to sound like Ja Rule! This is so awesome!
Long live Lin-Manuel Miranda!!! The best!!

[mommyland]

Lin is too pure for us. We are undeserving.

[mollyneighbor]

Now I understand that part in Helpless

[lacrimosa]

IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL HEARING SIA AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN QUEEN LATIFAH AND MIGUEL AND IT WAS SO GOOD

[hannahhall]

So THAT'S why he did the adorable deep "as long as I'm alive, Eliza " thing. I frikkin LOVE that part!

[BillieMozzarella]

I have been waiting for this forever <3 My favorite talkshow host interviewing one of my favorite people in the world, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

[navigill]

Someone get Ja Rule on the phone already

[itsrainingsomewhere]

"It will give you all the feels"


*falls off bed* HE KNOWS ABOUT US

[emmashelley]

He also does it to make Phillipa laugh on stage ❤️😂😂

[coloringmysunshine]

omg lin with conan 💕 two of my favourite people

[jenny]

When I first found out they were singing Helpless, I screamed out of pure joy and excitement. I can't wait to hear it!

[thatmahtabgirl]

I WANT TWENTY HOURS OF HIM TALKING AIGHT

[Jaimesworld]

Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) is dope!

[hattorihanzo]

But what is Ja thinking about the election of Trump? We need your opinion Ja