With a nickname like “TeacherRapperHero,” the only logical progression for Random, aka Mega Ran (Raheem Jarbo) after music and gaming would comic books, and now that will become a reality.
Random’s imprint, RandomBeats Music, will join forces with us at J1 Studios to offer a new original comic series called “Mega Ran: Random Lyricism” that will be loosely based on Jarbo’s life as a musician and educator, with a twist of fantasy.
“It’s like Mega Man and Street Fighter meets Dangerous Minds, meets 8 Mile,” Random says. “The lead character must weave through twists and turns while juggling jobs, family an music…It’ll play out a lot like many of the great comics and video games I’ve enjoyed throughout my life.”
Random made a splash in 2007 when he first got the idea to combine hip-hop with remixes of tunes from the classic Mega Man video game series for an album called “Mega Ran.” The album was successful and to everyone’s surprise, led to Random receiving an official license from international game developer CAPCOM. The partnership has led to appearances at Comic Con and other CAPCOM events over the years.
In the comic, Mega Ran will join the “Language Arts Tournament,” where the fiercest rhymers battle it out for supremacy. The comic series will lead into Random’s next solo album, entitled “Mega Ran in Language Arts” which will be loosely based on the comic and features K-Murdock, DN3 and EOM on production and vocal support by Punchline, Wordsworth, Chaundon and many more.
So expect to read the awesome new COMIC here soon enough! To add AWESOME to AWESOMENESS, Mega Ran will be hooking J1 Studios up with some music for our titles with the help of our leader of the J1 Sound Team, Ray Riley!!
Check out Mega Ran at www.megaran.com
1 comments:
Fantastic!! What a brilliant idea, I will be keeping a very close watch, and can't wait for the release.
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