Lin-Manuel Miranda raps opening of ‘Moana’ Oscars performance
On Sunday night, Lin-Manuel Miranda took the Oscars stage with Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of the title character in Moana, to perform “How Far I’ll Go,” nominated for Best Original Song.
The Hamilton creator opened the performance with an original hip-hop prologue to “set the scene” and introduce the 16-year-old breakout star.
#Oscars: @LinManuel raps the intro to Auli’i Cravalho’s ‘How Far I’ll Go’ from @DisneyMoana. pic.twitter.com/lYugdlQVM8
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 27, 2017
Cravalho then belted out the Oscar-nominated song, which was written by Miranda and nabbed him his first Academy Award nod. If the song wins later tonight, Miranda will be the youngest person ever to earn an EGOT, meaning he’ll have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
Auli’i Cravalho performs best original song nominee ‘How Far I’ll Go’ from ‘Moana’ at the Oscars.
