Former The Crown actor Claire Foy took on rap royalty last night (29 November) as she attempted to perform Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 classic “Rapper’s Delight”.
Foy was promoting her recent roles as Neil Armstrong’s wife in First Man and as vigilante Lisbeth Salander in The Girl In The Spider’s Web on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon when she was asked to rap.
Fallon claimed to have heard a rumour that Foy knew the song word-for-word, before handing her the microphone and asking resident drummer Questlove to play a beat.
While nevously laughing, Foy performed a cover of “Rapper’s Delight” while the audience clapped along.
Writing on Twitter, fans praised Foy’s musical skills. One said: “omg her rapping skills are (fire emoji).”
Another tweeted: “Who knew Claire Foy singing Rapper’s Delight was just what I needed in my life.”
Foy, who was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, will host long-running US sketch show Saturday Night Live this week.
An advert for the show featured Foy alongside Ariana Grande’s former fiance Pete Davidson, who is an SNL comedian.
After giving Foy a tour of the studio, Davidson told her it was time for, “an SNL tradition that we have to do with every host”.
The pair then engaged in a food fight.
Additional reporting by agencies.
