American streamer IShowSpeed is now taking over the internet from China's streets, and this time, it's not for screaming or smashing things. In his China tour livestream's now-viral video, IShowSpeed gave the mic to his Chinese uncle, who fearlessly tried rapping Eminem's Rap God while in a moving car.
What ensued was a side-splittingly disorganized performance, with IShowSpeed clearly struggling for his life to keep from laughing out loud. Amidst the lyrical gymnastics and surprise family collabs, the moment soon became one of IShowSpeed's China highlights, and evidence that no one is immune to the beat, not even uncles.
IShowSpeed's uncle in the video didn't quite deliver a Grammy-worthy performance unless there's a "Most Confused Attempt at Rap" category. With phone in hand and Eminem's lyrics scrolling faster than his brain could process, he embarked on what can only be described as a freestyle séance.
No rhythm, no rhyme, pure, unfiltered mouth 'noise.' It sounded like someone disagreeing with Google Translate mid-buffer. And IShowSpeed is sitting next to him, gritting his teeth to keep from passing out laughing, seeing rap history being rewritten before his very eyes.
As soon as the video went viral, someone (@Speedy_Prime) took to their X account and commented:
"unc wasn't even trying bro"
Social media didn't waste any time making the moment comedy gold, with fans noting that IShowSpeed's uncle appeared to be attempting to lose a rap battle against himself.
As Rap God played at breakneck speed, uncle responded with the urgency of someone lazily ordering takeout, no flow, no rhythm, but straight-up confusion on a beat.
The internet anointed him as the new king of doing the absolute minimum but somehow making it unforgettable. It's safe to say the bar for karaoke rap battles is now firmly lowered, and we love it here.
As expected, the internet wasn't slow in rolling up with jokes, roasts, and some seriously superior commentary. Commenters swarmed the comments section like it was open mic night, ready to spit out tighter punchlines than IShowSpeed's uncle's freestyle.
Whether laughing so hard they were crying, questioning what WiFi options were available in that vehicle, or requesting a complete mixtape, one thing was sure: the moment was comedy gold, and the responses were as outlandish as the performance itself.
Netizens react as IShowSpeed lets uncle rap Rap God, and his reaction is priceless
Some individuals jumped to the comments with on-the-spot wit and lighthearted jabs, turning the moment into meme-worthy material. The replies were bursting with jokingly spun and single-line responses, keeping the guffaws going at the exact same breakneck speed as the original clip:
"It looks like try not to laugh 🤣 challenge with uncle," a user @healthy_girl2 hilariously commented.
"this made my day 🤣," another user @elsieesmall hilariously commented.
"Unc really said ‘lyrical miracle spiritual individual’ and Speed aged 10 years holding that laugh in. This ain’t Rap God, this is Cap God," a netizen @Jacqueline12__ sarcastically expressed.
Other people jumped in just for the fun of it, throwing in one-liners and random jokes like they were part of a group chat with no rules. Whether or not it made sense was irrelevant; if it was humorous, it was soaring:
"Someone add a beat to unc voice he’s talented," a user @Update1page hilariously commented.
"Hilarious moment lol," another user @Itss_Dua, hilariously commented.
"Sounded like Eminem got possessed by a confused auctioneer… Speed was one syllable away from a giggle meltdown!," a netizen @Jacqueline12__ sarcastically commented.
"He's exactly Mr Chou from The Hangover," another netizen @SOYBEANmankind hilariously commented.
Of course, the peanut gallery arrived in force, equipped with jokes, crazy takes, and absolutely no filter. They weren't there to review or critique, merely to entertain and create digital bedlam, comment by comment:
"He would have recreated this gif," a user @buzor042_ commented with a hilarious GIF:
"so we got speed sidekick here just like kai ? lOL," another user @passionategosp1 hilariously commented.
"Bro speaking Korean all of a sudden," another netizen @AHTKai hilariously commented.
"Unc rapped like he had a Bluetooth connection with Mars—every 3 words came with a loading screen!," a netizen @Jacqueline12__ sarcastically wrote.
IShowSpeed once tried to sing Eminem's Rap God
Long ago, on livestream, IShowSpeed dauntily ventured to conquer Eminem's Rap God lyrical mountain, and it was literally nothing short of extraterrestrial chaos.
Equipped with only phone, lyrics, and seemingly warp-speed vocal chords, IShowSpeed went head-to-head with Em's flow at a speed of 100000000000x and, to be honest, resembled watching a dude talk gibberish after gorging himself on six Red Bulls.
IShowSpeed's phrases went from "I got this" to "my brain just blue-screened," all as audiences watched in awe, confusion, and vicarious hyperventilation. It was less a performance and more of a speedrun of human language.
IShowSpeed's responses throughout the entire ordeal were straight-up cinematic gold, eyebrows flying, eyes bug-eyed, lips moving quicker than his brain could keep up. It was the face of a man struggling to survive in a poetic battlefield.
And when IShowSpeed finally finished the end of the song (or at least some iteration of it), he leaned back with the smugness of a man who just won a rap battle against the laws of physics. Meanwhile, fans were left gasping, realizing they hadn't just watched a performance, they'd hit a comedy goldmine.
While Em wrote a classic, IShowSpeed gave us a masterclass in comedic timing and turned one of rap's greatest songs into internet gold.
Rap God is an ode to Eminem's career
Eminem's "Rap God" is not a song; it's a full verbal triathlon wrapped in six minutes of plain-out craziness. One of the quickest and most technically advanced rap in the rap history, Rap God has bars pouring out faster than most can blink. Eminem set a new World record for singing a rap that is1560 words in 6 minutes.
Eminem turns flow like pancakes on Red Bull, leaving even rap veterans gasping for air. And so, yes, Eminem is truly a RAP GOD (without any doubt).
Eminem's Rap God is like watching a magician do a six-minute trick with nothing but lungs and words. It's fast, it's clever, and before that turbo-speed verse, you start wondering whether he's got an extra pair of lungs somewhere.
The flow-switches arrive out of left field like plot twists, and when you think you're keeping up, bam, he does it again.
In the epic saga of IShowSpeed's most outrageous livestream moments, his Chinese uncle's Rap God performance is worthy of its own Hall of Fame plaque. With bars flying by like Formula 1 cars and IShowSpeed's uncle nonchalantly mumbling through every bar as if he was casting ancient spells rather than spitting bars, it was a moment of raw, unadulterated internet magic.
He didn't miss the beat; he packed a bag and vacationed from it. And yet, with Speed laughing hysterically next to him and the conversation in tatters, somehow, it became a masterpiece in its own right. Not because it hit the rap spot on, but because it straight-up bodied the internet.
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