Lin-Manuel Miranda recalls Jon Stewart mocking him on The Daily Show in 2009 for rapping about Alexander Hamilton

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Six years before his Tony-winning musical Hamilton's premiere, Miranda previewed "The Hamilton Mixtape" before the Obamas at the White House Poetry Jam in May 2009. In an interview on Monday's edition of the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast (42:00 mark), Miranda recalls "I got made fun of on The Daily Show the next day." Stewart devoted more than three minutes to ripping the Poetry Jam, closing out the segment by sneering at Miranda's Hamilton rap. "You're rapping about Alexander Hamilton?!?" said Stewart. "This is kind of ridiculous." Miranda told Conan of the humbling experience: "I love The Daily Show, and it was the first time I had been on the other side of a clip." In 2017, Miranda got his revenge by roasting Stewart as part of HBO's Night of Too Many Stars.