After a video of Rita Wilson rapping along flawlessly to Naughty By Nature's 1992 hit 'Hip Hop Hooray' went viral, she and the group recorded a remix. All proceeds will go to a coronavirus relief fund for musicians.
But the video made the opposite impression on Naughty By Nature's Vin Rock when he came across the clip.
"All I recall is working my social media late at night, and someone inboxed me and said 'Hey Vin have you seen this?'"Rock says."And I went to the page and I saw Rita just spitting the lyrics, and she was killing it!"In this scenario, life imitates art. Wilson had learned the song for a recent role."I had been cast in this movie called," she says.
The humor in that scene, which hinges on the supposedly unequal pairing of a white woman and a rap song, likewise fueled Wilson rise to overnight Internet sensation. Once she saw the positive response to the video, she saw an opportunity to use its popularity for good.
NPR's Kira Wakeam, Gemma Watters and William Troop produced and edited the audio of this interview for broadcast. Cyrena Touros and editorial intern Jon Lewis adapted it for the Web.
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