Erykah Badu, Tyler The Creator To Appear in Adult Swim's 'Black Dynamite' Musical 'The Wizard of Watts'

Erykah Badu, Tyler The Creator, J.B. Smoove and others will appear in Adult Swim's Black Dynamite musical The Wizard of Watts.

As noted by Vibe, the hour-long film set in the 1970s is a spin-off of the 2009 movie of the same name. The film follows Black Dynamite and his crew as they try to keep ninjas, including Bill Cosby, Richard Nixon and a young Michael Jackson, from terrorizing the city. Black Dynamite attempts to take a day off, police start patrolling the streets and mayhem follows without his presence.

According to Pitchfork, Black Dynamite is then hit in the head with a brick causing him to hallucinate into the Magical Land of Oz-Watts, where he is called upon to defend the community from the police.

Police brutality has been a hot topic for the past few months prompting protests across the country following the non-indictment of police officers in the deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.

"As a comedy writer, I feel it's my job to make people laugh while using constructive social criticism to evoke thought and inspire dialogue," said Carl Jones, who directed and co-wrote Black Dynamite and is co-executive producer of The Boondocks.

Last month, Erykah Badu shared her voice for an episode of Black Dynamite. Badu voiced a prostitute and Rita Marley alongside Chance The Rapper, who starred as legendary reggae singer Bob Marley, in an episode titled "How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back."

The show, a cartoon adaptation of a Blaxpoitation film, premiered officially on Adult Swim in July of 2012 and is in its second season.

Black Dynamite: The Wizard of Watts will air on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on Jan. 10 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

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