Riz Ahmed and James Corden Trade Raps in a Brutal Yet Socially Relevant Round of ‘Drop the Mic’

Lori Dorn
April 18, 2017

Riz Ahmed, the breakout star of the HBO series The Night Of appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden to spar with the eponymous host in a round of the show’s epic rap battle “Drop the Mic“. Both men started strong, citing socially relevant issues to brutally cut each other down, but in the end Ahmed, who is a member of the Swet Shop Boys, easily won the round.

James Corden and Riz Ahmed square off in a rap battle, pitting television show host versus the star of “The Night Of” and it gets ugly.

I'm still a bit confused with the show that you're sellin'
You sing and dance real cute, isn't that basically Ellen?https://t.co/kQapPl0aBg pic.twitter.com/4MblVXqgbh

— The Late Late Show (@latelateshow) April 18, 2017

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.