Miley Cyrus stuns at rap event

Since Cyrus marked a breakthrough with the hits We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball, she has been supported by rappers.

Miley Cyrus surprised the audience last Thursday during a South by Southwest event featuring a slew of rappers, including her producer Mike WiLL Made-It.

Cyrus appeared to be the only woman on the stage, which was packed with nearly 20 people jumping up and down, left and right. Rappers including Future, Riff Raff, the duo Rae Sremmurd and the group Two-9 — who all also performed — were onstage at The Fader Fort alongside Cyrus.

Cyrus sang — well, rapped — her portion on the song 23, Mike WiLL Made-It’s 2013 hit that also starred Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J. She also performed her anthemic We Can’t Stop, which Mike WiLL Made-It produced.

Since Cyrus marked a breakthrough with the hits We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball, she has been supported by rappers. The Grammy-nominated Bangerz featured collaborations with Pharrell, Big Sean, Nelly, Future and French Montana.

Mike WiLL Made-It, who executive produced Cyrus’ Bangerz, was headlining the show. Before he performed 23 — a song that references Air Jordan sneakers — he said he would give sneakers away to the “most pumped person in the crowd.”

Then he threw blue ones into the audience.