Alex Trebek the rapper?

Alex Trebek of "Jeopardy!" Photo via jeopardy.com
Alex Trebek of “Jeopardy!” Photo via jeopardy.com
The “Jeopardy!” host Monday night became an instant hit or immediate flop depending on the viewer as he recited lyrics by Kanye West, Desiigner, Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar in the category Let’s Rap Kids!”

The best reaction we saw came from a radio station airing in southern Minnesota and north Iowa. Its Facebook post said: “We Should try to get him to sing some COUNTRY MUSIC next week!”

In any case, Billboard said: “Trebek’s rap takes became instant memes, of course, because who can resist the sound of Trebek’s forceful, Shakespearean delivery of such iconic lyrics as ‘Started from the bottom, now we’re here/ Started from the bottom, now the whole team here,’ as well as ‘Buy a chopper & have a doctor on speed dial/ I guess, M.A.A.D. city’ and, of course, ‘Panda panda panda panda panda panda panda’?”

Said the 76-year-old Canadian as the category was wrapped up: “I was just getting into this rap thing. I’m not too good at it, but I was just getting into it!”

Social media got into his efforts.

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