VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Reveals Mixtape Track He's Most Excited About & More on CONAN; All the Clips!

By: Nov. 15, 2016
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HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by last night's CONAN and recalled the time he got fined for busking on the subway with his doo-wop group. Later, the Tony Award winner explained why he was freaked out meeting Weird Al and reveals that he was thinking of Ja Rule and Ashanti when he wrote "Helpless." (The duo now perform the track on the "Hamilton" mixtape!) And Lin-Manuel discusses how he studied tapes of the Rock's heel turn in the WWE to find his perfect musical range for MOANA. Watch all the clips from the appearance below!

Miranda is currently filming MARY POPPINS for Disney, opposite Emily Blunt. He recently composed original music for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, and his original music will be featured in Disney's upcoming animated film MOANA.

Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2008. His written work for the show earned him numerous accolades, including the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Miranda's performance in the show's lead role of Usnavi earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

This year, Miranda received multiple TONY AWARDS for his work on HAMILTON. He is a 2015 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award, and received the 2016 Edward Kennedy Prize for Drama.


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