March 19, 2009

For a change of pace, the self-aggrandizing Kanye West will be playing the "cool" kid.

Sarcasm aside, the 12-time Grammy Award winner will lend his voice to one of the characters on The Cleveland Show, a Family Guy spinoff that will debut this fall on Fox.

West's character is Kenny West, an all-around cool kid and the arch-enemy of Cleveland Jr. (Kevin Michael Richardson).

Kenny and Cleveland Jr. will engage in a "rap battle" for the affection of high school hottie Chanel (Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson).