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In an interview with the BBC, Mike Henry reveals that there are quite a few musical artists lined up to lend their voices to a wide variety of characters in The Cleveland Show next season, including Kanye West, Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, and U2′s Larry Mullen.
Here’s what Mike had to say about Kanye:
On Kanye’s public persona relating to his Cleveland Show character
Kanye could not be a cooler guy at our show – we do definitely have some jokes where he makes light of himself.”
“He does some things out in public that stir up controversy and opinions. He knew that and we contacted him and he was totally up for doing the part.”
On the character that Kanye will play
“He’s a recurring character,” says Henry of Kanye West, who voices a character called Kenny West in the show. “He does an extended rap-off with Cleveland Jnr in an episode first season and he and Cleveland hook up and do another rap in season two.
“The first time we had actually written a rap for him. Five of our writers sat down to write this rap and they were like, ‘I wonder how he’s going to like it?’.
“But he was genuinely laughing. He very humbly asked if we could change one line which didn’t feel right. He was even joking that we should write a song for his next album.”
On the character that Larry Mullen will be voicing
“He came in and we hung out for a couple of hours. We just recorded him doing a couple of different parts and he was very funny.
“It’s a thrill for me to do all this. U2 is my favourite band of all time and David Lynch the film director plays a part on our show.
“He [Mullen Jnr] plays a mobster in one episode; he plays a bad Elvis impersonator by design in another episode.
You can read the rest of the interview here.
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