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"HOVA goes honky! On Jan. 31, Saturday Night Live made a Lifetime-esque biopic of Shawn Carter, aka Jay Z, starring former castmember-turned-writer Mike O&amp;apos;Brien as the &amp;quot;Empire State&amp;quot; rapper. Though Jay Pharaoh typically does (spot-on) impressions of the &amp;quot;Holy Grail&amp;quot; emcee, the show left the Brooklyn native&amp;apos;s story up to the purposefully awkward O&amp;apos;Brien.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nHe started off the clip standing in the streets and shouting, &amp;quot;Cocaine for sale!&amp;quot; before deciding to become a rapper. In real life, Jay Z was a former drug dealer in the Marcy Projects before giving it up to pursue music.\r\n\r\nThe fake biopic also showed Jay&amp;apos;s first interaction with Beyonce (played by Sasheer Zamata).&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Sean, err, Jay Z,&amp;quot; O&amp;apos;Brien says. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Beyonce from Destiny&amp;apos;s Child,&amp;quot; Zamata replies.&amp;quot;I know who you are. P.S. You&amp;apos;re so pretty!&amp;quot; he says giggling.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nWatch the ridiculous clip to see which famous, unexpected star made a cameo to play Kanye West!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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