{"id":62354,"date":"2026-04-14T00:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/jack-harlows-aunt-thought-it-was-actually-him-in-hilarious-snl-skit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:40:36","slug":"jack-harlows-aunt-thought-it-was-actually-him-in-hilarious-snl-skit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/jack-harlows-aunt-thought-it-was-actually-him-in-hilarious-snl-skit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Harlow&#8217;s Aunt Thought It Was Actually Him in Hilarious &#8216;SNL&#8217; Skit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The rapper&#8217;s aunt even said she was &#8220;proud&#8221; of him for going on the show and &#8220;addressing everything&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBen Marshall\u2019s impression of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jack-harlow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jack-harlow\" data-tag=\"jack-harlow\">Jack Harlow<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\">Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/em>\u00a0last weekend was so spot-on that even the rapper\u2019s family thought that was him on the sketch comedy show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuring the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d with Michael Che, Marshall slipped behind the news desk as Harlow \u2014 brown Kangol hat, rimless eyewear, and all (a sly jab at his look from the <em>Marty Supreme<\/em> premiere back in December). After being introduced as \u201cthe white rapper who recently made headlines for\u00a0describing the sound of his new album\u00a0by saying, \u2018I got blacker,&#8217;\u201d Marshall launched into a no-holds-barred impression of Harlow \u2014 taking on the online criticism of Harlow\u2019s latest album, <em>Monica<\/em>, and listing off nicknames bestowed by the internet such as \u201cLL Cool Whip\u201d and \u201cD\u2019Anglo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Monday, the real Harlow took the viral skit in stride and shared that it was so convincing that his aunt \u201cactually though that was me.\u201d In an Instagram Story of a photo of himself wearing a bonnet, Harlow wrote, \u201cMy aunt texted me and told me she was proud of me for going on SNL and addressing everything.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weekend Update: Jack Harlow on His New Album - SNL\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Qw7DgRSgbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tReleased on March 13, the neo-soul-leaning\u00a0<em>Monica<\/em>\u00a0is Harlow\u2019s fourth studio. While the album received mixed reviews, with some critics accusing Harlow of imitation and lacking authenticity, the rapper garnered backlash following comments on <em>The New York Times<\/em>\u2018\u00a0<em>Popcast<\/em>. When asked why he hadn\u2019t made the now-predictable pivot toward pop or country, Harlow declared he\u2019d gone \u201cblacker\u201d by making the neo-soul record. His remarks swiftly unleashed a flood of memes and criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/jack-harlow-monica-isnt-half-bad-1235532371\/\"> <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> review<\/a> of the album, music editor Jeff Ihaza observed, \u201cHad Harlow simply dropped it without explanation, the internet still would\u2019ve clowned him. But at least then he might\u2019ve seemed in on the joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jack-harlow-snl-skit-monica-aunt-1235546367\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapper&#8217;s aunt even said she was &#8220;proud&#8221; of him for going on the show and &#8220;addressing everything&#8221; Ben Marshall\u2019s impression of\u00a0Jack Harlow\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday Night&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}