Kanye West “The Cleveland Show” Guest Appearance (Kenny West)
Kanye’s definitely a character, but is a career in animation in the rap star’s future?
Grammy-winning hip-hop star Kanye West will voice a character named Kenny West, a small-time rapper, on an episode of The Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, scheduled to air in the Spring of 2010.
“We knew Kanye was a big ‘Family Guy’ fan because he invited [creator] Seth [MacFarlane] to his house a year or two ago,” says show executive producer Mike Henry, who also voices Cleveland Brown and other characters on the series. “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.”
Will Kanye become a regular on the upcoming FOX comedy?
“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,” Mike told PEOPLE on Tuesday. “He’s just a great presence.”
“We just recorded him in the booth and he was fantastic,” fellow executive producer Richard Appel added. “Once he read it a couple times through, he just owned the character, which I guess isn’t hard since he was named Kenny West. He said he’d be glad to [be back.]. I said we could write him in to the next 21 episodes!”
The Cleveland Show debuts this Fall on FOX .
Written by Castina on March 17th, 2009 | Tagged as: Kayne West,TV,TV News
On May 12th 2009, KENNY WEST wrote:
I am the REAL /KENNY WEST, I am not a rapper but I have been playing Rock and Roll since I was 15 y/o. I went to the the same school as Kanye and if he thinks he is going to rip myself and the public off any further by trying to take over MY name, he can think again. I wrote a song called “Gonna make you sweat” he put out “workout song”, I wrote a song called “I’m an assshole” he comes with “im an international asshole”. Now he is trying to ruin the name KENNY WEST!! Ain’t gonna happen. Try it and I will SUE.I have hundreds of songs that blow his out of the water. I went to the the same school as kanye and he took everything from me. The Mom thing, the teddy bear thing and saying things no one else will say and then talk about Jesus. Do not be fooled, THE REAL KENNY WEST lives in OCALA,FL and you will soon find out the truth about this talentless moron business man Kanye. IF FAMILY GUY AIRS THIS EPISODE I WILL PROVE ACCESS TO HOW I WAS RIPPED OFF AND TEAR YOU TO THE GROUND and BEYOND!
On September 19th 2009, conan wrote:
for the guy who claims to be the real kenny west, ohh dear, u need to get a life, kanye is an international superstar and has no reason to rip off some high school loser
On October 8th 2009, Louis Vuitton Don wrote:
the guy claiming to be kenny west is on something, whats wrong with him? that crackhead needs some help. damn, some ppl like that is crazyy. conan, you right, kanye has no reason to rip off a high school loserr.
On October 26th 2009, @k wrote:
that cock sucker who claimz to be kenny is a real dumb unfunny fuck
On March 6th 2010, drewzer wrote:
hahahahahahaha!!!!! that "Kenny West" idiot just made my day…wat an attention seeker!!! Im sure kanye wasted his time stealing your pathetic life….LMFAO…word of advice mate…stay away from the drugs!!!…