[It was] maybe even 5:30," Thompson recalled.
“I was will.i.am, and I put on heavy dreadlocks.
Heavy, hot dreadlocks.”

Kenan Thompson with host Seth Meyers on July 11, 2024.Lloyd Bishop/NBC/Getty
That’s one way to keep the good times rolling.
[It was] maybe even 5:30," Thompson corrected Meyers.
“I was will.i.am, and I put on heavy dreadlocks.
Heavy, hot dreadlocks.
We were all the Black Eyed Peas early in the morning.
And that was back when we used to shoot 90 miles upstate for some reason.
Forte did not appear in that sketch, but appeared in others throughout the episode.
Everybody knew the full story.
We were crying, watching all of you guys.
You had to dance so hard.
And we were like, ‘Oh, they are so hungover.’
Watch the full clip with Thompson and Meyers in the video above.