De La Soul were the latest guests at the animated show 'Teen Titans Go!' where they had their music eaten by an enormous monster, Rolling Stone reports. It's a direct reference to the band's troubles with their publisher. De La Soul are one of the foundational voices of modern rap, but today most of their catalogue remains digitally unavailable, with everything before 2004 missing from streaming services. The reasons are said to involve issues with sample clearance, bureaucratic feet-dragging across Warner and Tommy Boy Records, and muddled contract disputes.

This year marked a growing shift in the music industry, as many artists turned to animation to create the vivid, fantastical scenes so many of us were missing - Variety reports, naming several music stars that went digital this year: Anime Billie Eilish, Looney Tunes Dua Lipa, bobble-headed BTS, vectorized Lizzo, 3-D rendered EARTHGANG, comic book Katy Perry, anime The Weeknd, manga Noah Cyrus, trippy Tame Impala, video game J. Balvin and Doja Cat with a Bratz pout.

Comedy Central is reviving the beloved 'Beavis and Butt-Head' series for two seasons plus additional spinoffs and specials, Vulture reports. A “reimagined” 'Beavis and Butt-Head' comes as Comedy Central mounts a major expansion to build on the long-running success of 'South Park' by increasing its adult animation output. 'Beavis and Butt-Head', about two metal-head couch-potatoes talking about music videos, was a pop-culture juggernaut during its original run on MTV from 1993 to 1997. It was last revived for one season back in 2011.

Kid Cudi has released a teaser of the new CGI animated series 'Kids See Ghosts', based upon his 2018 collaborative album with Kanye West., Complex reports A new trailer features the iconic Kanye West bear, voiced by West himself, and another character, Kid Fox, voiced by Cudi. It's directed by Takashi Murakami, and Cudi promises it's “coming soon.

Adult Swim has made every episode of 'Metalocalypse', animated series about a fictional death metal band Dethklok, available to stream for free. All four seasons, plus the 'Klok Opera' movie, can now be viewed ad nauseam on the official Adult Swim website. Creator Brendon Small achieved gigantic success with Dethklok, with all three Dethalbum records outselling the last.