Stephen Colbert is working hard to ensure that The Colbert Report goes out with a bang. The night after getting the last interview with The Interview’s Seth Rogen before Sony yanked them from the press trail, Colbert had rapper Kendrick Lamar deliver a powerful performance of an unheard track.
After a brief interview with Lamar, he took the stage to perform a song that doesn’t even have a title yet. In it, he seeks advice from men of different races, while he is backed by a jazzy saxophone solo by Terrence Martin.
As Rolling Stone notes, an Asian man advises him to not worry about his career, but his health. The Indian man he speaks with suggests investing in real estate. A black man tells him, “Nookie is power.” His backup singers ask what the white man said, and Lamar raps, “A peace of mind / That's what the white man wanted when I rhymed / Telling me that he selling me for $10.99 / If I go platinum from rapping, I'll do the company fine.”
Overall, the song was clearly different from his previous single, “i.”
Lamar is among the final guests for Colbert, who will be leaving Comedy Central to take over CBS’ The Late Show in 2015. Tonight’s show will feature Redeployment author Phil Klay. The guest for Thursday is listed as “Grimmy,” a reference to his Grim Reaper character.
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