A special episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon saw the host visit Puerto Rico, in a bid to help raise money for artists affected by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Fallon took the opportunity to visit the set of Hamilton, which launches a two-week run also set to raise money for artists and cultural groups, and donned full costume to perform an altered version of “The Story of Tonight” alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda.
“There are friends who say ‘good luck,’ and there are friends who say, ‘Hold on. I’m coming with you,’” Miranda tweeted, in reference to Fallon’s visit to the island.
The pair also sat down for one of Fallon’s traditional interviews set-ups, where Miranda said of the Puerto Rico show: “It’s kind of poetic justice for it to come to Puerto Rico. There’s a song in this show called ‘Hurricane’ and I could barely get through it last night. Never in a million years would I imagine it would resonate in this way.”
Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny also took to the streets to perform his hit “MIA”, accompanied by Fallon, Questlove, Black Thought and a crowd of residents and local musicians.
Fallon and Black Thought even attempted one of the longest zip lines in the world, which traverses above the jungles of Puerto Rico, travelling at 95 miles an hour.
The host then met Chef Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen, to discuss Puerto Rico’s thriving food industry.
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