Harry Potter Raps Well For a Wan Brit

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Sometime between potions with Professor Slughorn and divination with Professor Trelawney, Harry Potter, also known as Daniel Radcliffe, memorized a lot of rap lyrics. The actor claimed on Jimmy Fallon to be an avid hip-hop fan, considering Blackalicious's tongue-twisting "Alphabet Aerobics" as part of his repertoire. While proving that claim, he barely even used Fallon's teleprompter, looking anywhere but the camera. A wizard who knows his way around syllables is a wizard who can cast some serious spells.

In other news, Jimmy Fallon's whole audience that day is growing hair twice as fast as usual and no one knows why.