Major Lazer Cartoon Coming to Fox, Featuring Music From Cat Power and RiFF RAFF

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Back in 2011, Major Lazer were supposed to get their own Adult Swim cartoon show. It didn't come to fruition, but Billboard reports that the cartoon has been revived for a 2015 Fox debut. It will still be about a "Rasta superhero"—presumably Major Lazer himself—and will launch with the third Major Lazer album, the follow up to last year's Free the Universe. According to Billboard, the TV show will come with a soundtrack that features collaborations with RiFF RAFF and Cat Power.

Billboard's Diplo cover story also gives more details about the work the producer has been doing with Madonna. According to him, three of the songs he, Madonna, and producer Ariel Rechtshaid did together are "smashes" while the other is "super weird." "Late one night in the studio we got a little bit drunk and she improvised a little hook and we made a song out of it," he said. "I think it’s going to be a breakthrough if she can manage to get everything together and get it out properly."

He's also been working with Lorde, Usher, Ty Dolla $ign, Skrillex, and a number of other artists who may appear on that Major Lazer album. And according to Billboard, Diplo's 2004 solo album Florida will get a 10th anniversary reissue this fall on Ninja Tune.

Watch Major Lazer's "Get Free" video:

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