Considered one of Coolio’s ultimate TV performances will likely be on the animated sequence “Futurama.”
The rapper handed away Wednesday on the age of 59 in Los Angeles.
David X. Cohen, government producer of “Futurama,” revealed to TMZ that the “Gangsta’s Paradise” singer recorded strains for the brand new season — out in 2023.
Whereas the sci-fi sitcom was canceled in 2013, a 20-episode revival is coming to Hulu subsequent 12 months.
Coolio had appeared on the present beforehand, taking part in the character Kwanzaa-bot. His first look occurred in 2001.
Cohen informed the outlet that Coolio “appeared and sounded nice as at all times when laying down his strains [and] even taking up the recording session by producing tracks on the fly for the episode.”
The present will likely be dedicating this episode to the Compton, California, native, and his raps will likely be laid over the closing credit.
That is so the manufacturing staff, in keeping with Cohen, can provide Coolio “one of the best send-off we are able to.”
“Coolio was certainly one of my favourite visitors. He was at all times completely upbeat and genuinely loved coming in to file as his character Kwanzaa-bot,” Cohen mentioned.
In “Futurama,” Kwanzaa-bot is the Kwanzaa equal to the Santa Claus Robotic and the Hanukkah Zombie. The character traveled the globe throughout Kwanzaa and handed out the ebook “What the Hell is Kwanza?” He’s apparently been giving out the literature for 647 years and nonetheless, in keeping with the present’s arc, nobody understands what the African-American vacation is all about.
Coolio was discovered lifeless on the toilet flooring of a good friend’s house in Los Angeles, his supervisor, Jarez Posey, informed TMZ on Sept. 28.
He was pronounced lifeless on the scene by responding EMTs and it's suspected that the reason for demise was cardiac arrest.
Celebs resembling Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Ice Dice and extra paid tribute to him on Wednesday.
“Relaxation in energy my brother. @Coolio Love & Respect,” rapper LL Cool J wrote.
“That is unhappy information. I witness first hand this man’s grind to the highest of the trade,” Ice Dice tweeted. “Relaxation In Peace.”
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