Lin-Manuel Throws Down a Hard Hitting Freestyle Rap in 2009 Episode of ‘Hardly Working’ by College Humor
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#5DD9E)
Long before the incredible worldwide popularity of Hamilton, the great Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared in a 2009 episode of the College Humor series Hardly Working as an intern who, along with beatboxer Shockwave, was brought in by Streeter Seidell in order to answer a lyric challenge posed to him by Amir Blumenfeld and rapper UTK of Freestyle Love Supreme (founded by Miranda).
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