Kanye West Cartoon Voice Over On The Cleveland Show, Kenny West

Kanye West spent three hours in the studio Friday doing voice over for his animated The Cleveland Show character, a rapper named Kenny West.

"It was surprising to us that [he] was so into it that he came to the table [read], and wonderfully surprising how cool he was, how funny he was and how unassuming he was. He's just a great presence.

"We knew Kanye was a big Family Guy fan because he invited [creator] Seth [MacFarlane] to his house a year or two ago. And there was a mention on his blog when the spin-off was announced that he was excited about it. We knew he was a big fan and a lot of us are fans of his."

According to executive producer Richard Appel, "Before we came to the table ... there was only one line he didn't love and he came up with another idea and in a completely modest, nice way said, 'Would you mind if I changed just this one line?' And our feeling was, how many raps have we written? One? And how many has he written? Be our guest!

"He said he'd be glad to [be back.]. I said we could write him in to the next 21 episodes!"

The Cleveland Show will premiere this fall on Fox.


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