Forget the Groot, Vin Diesel can sing

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June 13, 2015 1:47 PM

A video of video of Vin Diesel singing a Rihanna hit single has surfaced on the Internet.

A video of Vin Diesel singing Rihanna's Stay surfaced on the internet, leaving people amazed at the amazing talent of the action star.

Afterward, Diesel clarified to People magazine that the song was a tribute to his girlfriend, Paloma Jimenez.

"People say 'I didn't know you were a Rihanna fan?'" he told People. "How could you not be a fan of her voice, her gift?"

Since then, Diesel's carved out a strange niche for himself: the studly, all-man movie star who also enjoys a little karaoke ballad here and there. It may be bizarre, but there's something kind of wonderful about the whole thing.

Perhaps the appeal is in the visual of 'The Fast and the Furious' Alpha so earnestly warbling through "The Christmas Song." This isn't something Diesel is doing as a joke, or as an ironic play on his image. He is genuinely just singing his heart out, limited vocal range be damned.

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