Jamie Foxx's impression of a young Kanye West is real genius

Queue up "Slow Jamz" for this one, folks.
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Jamie Foxx's impression of a young Kanye West is real genius
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In an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Jamie Foxx described his first encounter with Kanye West during the rapper's backpack days.

Foxx explained that while at a house party, West showed up. Naturally, Foxx made him perform—and it went extremely well. West then asked Foxx to sing the hook on a song that later turned out to be the Grammy-nominated "Slow Jamz," West's 2004 hit off of his debut album.

But let Foxx tell the story -- his impression of 'Ye is impeccable and deserves a Grammy itself.


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