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Stephen Colbert Gives Alicia Keys' 'Empire' A Suburban Remix

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-12-17 08:58

Stephen Colbert has brought an "Empire State of Mind" to the suburbs. On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," the talk show host crashed Alicia Keys [1]' performance of her chart-topping ode to New York and gave the absent Jay-Z a run for his money. Wearing a dark hoodie under his suit, Colbert grabbed the mic and dropped a hilarious rhyme about living large in … Connecticut.

"Shopping mall is close, my community is gated/ My shorties are all private school educated/ Home theater system, 60 inch plasma/ Clean suburban air, much better for my asthma."

Watch the video below and tell us what you think about Colbert's flow.

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Stephen Colbert Gives Alicia Keys' 'Empire' A Suburban Remix

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[1] http://www.billboard.com/artist/alicia-keys/433721
[2] http://www.colbertnation.com
[3] http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258570/december-15-2009/alicia-keys---empire-state-of-mind--part-ii--broken-down
[4] http://www.colbertnation.com/
[5] http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes
[6] http://www.indecisionforever.com
[7] http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/254015/november-02-2009/sport-report---nyc-marathon---olympic-speedskating
[8] http://www.billboard.com/tag/news-6
[9] http://www.billboard.com/tag/jay-z
[10] http://www.billboard.com/tag/stephen-colbert
[11] http://www.billboard.com/tag/alicia-keys