For more than 450 episodes rapper and producer Ice T has been a core draw for fans of Law & Order SVU if maybe not quite as big of a draw as crossover moments between Benson and Stabler. But his career has obviously expanded far beyond the role of Sergeant Fin and Ice T is now setting up a brand new TV project that all team him up with NWAs Arabian Prince Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg and a slew of other awesome musicians and actors. And it not only sounds like a banging idea but theres basically already a multimedia franchise being set up around it.
The new project will be a graphic novel first and then an animated action series titled Death for Hire: The Origin of Tehk City which is the co creation of Ice T Arabian Prince and artist Tommy the Animator. At that point there will be more merch on the table including toys NFTs and music. After breaking down the basic plot we will dig into why the music element is such an exciting prospect for this project in particular which is currently being shopped around to streaming services and TV networks.According to Deadline Death for Hire: The Origin of Tehk City centers on a world of criminals pushers and killers where distinctions such as heroes and villains can describe the same person. In the animated series Ice T is set to voice the dirty mayor Chuck Davis while the rappers wife Coco will portray the local leaders female assassin pal Rhonda Knuckles which is a fucking awesome character name. Davis has ties to all manner of underground activities in an effort to keep himself higher than any gang rivals and utilizes a black market info network to stay on top. But such behavior will soon come with a bigger price tag as it always goes in this kind of dog eat dog society.
Thats a smorgasbord of rap godliness beyond the talents of actors like Mayans M.C. star Emilio Rivera The Upshaws Mike Epps and Ice Ts Law & Order SVU co star Peter Scanavino. Now why is all this so badass? Because the one and only Dr. Dre will be handling the first seasons score for Death for Hire and each of the rappers involved will be writing the lyrics for and then recording their own theme songs. Which I already know is going to be a must have regardless of what the graphic novel and animated show are like. Heres hoping Ghostface Killah joins this beast at some point, since there are few artists better at rapping about toons and pop culture.
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