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Video: Conan O'Brien, Ice Cube & Kevin Hart Ride A Random Lyft Car Through Hollywood
What happens when you put Conan O'Brien, Ice Cube, and Kevin Hart in a Lyft car together? Hilarious shenanigans, for sure.
The three ordered a random rideshare car and had their driver, Anthony, take them to a liquor store to buy cans of beer so they could drink them in brown paper bags. They rolled through the busy tourist trap of Hollywood Blvd. and ended up in Runyon Canyon asking some girls for weed.
Yes, and there was a rap battle too with O'Brien beat-boxing in the car. "If you're not sure, the white, freckled guy is the cure," he rapped.
Anthony was a good sport about it all and even joined Hart and Ice Cube in razzing O'Brien a bunch. It was perfect.
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