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Watch 'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda Rap About Chicago (VIDEO)

By Kelly Bauer | September 24, 2016 1:57pm | Updated on September 26, 2016 8:44am

CHICAGO — Lin-Manuel Miranda hit up nearly every Chicago icon in a comic freestyle rap at the Chicago Humanities Festival on Friday.

Miranda, an award-winning actor, writer and musician who gained international fame for writing the rap-filled musical "Hamilton," paid tribute to the "Blues Brothers," the Cubs' century-long "curse," Chance the Rapper and Oprah Winfrey during the humorous freestyle.

Miranda was forced to come up with lyrics off the cuff while reading the topics off cue cards at the Chicago Humanities Festival.

"I'm stylin' freaky, I'm like Mr. 23," Miranda said during the laughter-filled freestyle. "Oprah Winfrey, look where you are, 'cause 'you get a car, you get a car!'

"... OK, you got the thick crust, I will rap about this if I must," Miranda rapped. "It's so nice to meet ya, I want to take a bite into you like a f---ing deep-dish pizza."

Watch video of the freestyle from Stephanie Griffin:

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