— When she was around 11, Lupita Nyong’o’s parents brought home a cassette tape that changed her life. It was of the song “Regulate” by the West Coast hip-hop dynasts Warren G and Nate Dogg. Nyong’o remembers wearing the tape out, rewinding it over and over until she knew all of the words by heart. No one would call Nyong’o the next Warren G, but something about watching her rap disturbs an inner accountant. And this same person, wearing dark sunglasses and facetiously calling herself Troublemaker, reveals that she also can rap, with appropriate levels of insouciance and conviction, and while remaining on beat.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2019 08:01 UTC