Emmys 2021: Social Media Had Thoughts About Rita Wilson's Biz Markie Rap

Rita Wilson is a woman of many talents. The actress proved she's multidimensional at this year's Emmy awards ceremony. The Neighborhood star Cedric the Entertainer kicked off the ceremony with a monologue. But instead of the comedian telling jokes and reeling in the audience and viewers with hot topics of the year, Ced paid tribute to rap legend Biz Markie with a star-studded karaoke tribute. Markie died in July after a battle with Type 2 diabetes. 

Cedric was joined by rapper and actor LL Cool J, Lil Dicky, the stars of Hamilton, Mandy Moore, and others for a version of Markie's classic "Just a Friend. But the real shocker was Wilson spitting a few of the famous bars from the song.

This isn't the first time Wilson has shown her love for hip hop. During the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when she and her husband Tom were diagnosed and forced to quarantine, she shared a video of herself rapping to Naughty by Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray." Viewers of the Emmys, and probably some of her Hollywood peers, may not have been ready for her television rap debut. However, that doesn't mean they weren't impressed. Wilson set social media ablaze and the reactions are almost as entertaining as her performance. Check out some of the Tweets.