South African pop star Toya Delazy, the voice behind the new Powerpuff Girl
There’s a new Black Powerpuff girl in town, and her name is Toya Delazy, a South African pop star. She will star in the next series of the Cartoon Network show.
The new season of The Powerpuff Girls, set in the US at the end of September 2017, will feature a new black Powerpuff team member, voiced by the South African singer, Toya Delazy. She is a 27-year-old singer, rapper, songwriter and producer from South Africa. This is not Delazy’s first collaboration with the show. In 2016, she recorded a South African version of its theme song, which featured in broadcasts of the series in Africa.
The show, created by artist Craig McCracken in 1998, has been critically acclaimed for its mix of high art and pop culture visual references, combined with humourous, youth-oriented social commentary about fighting injustice, the importance of friendship and embodying strong feminist ideals.
“I have always dreamed of being the voice of a cartoon character (…) Never did I think I would be recording a voice-over as the new Powerpuff Girl for Cartoon Network, though!” commented Delazy.
The new Powerpuff Girl is set to make her debut as part of the new Powerpuff “Power of Four” mini-movie, which premieres September 17.
Toya Delazy sings the new PPG theme song
Sources: brandsouthafrica & Essence
