9th Wonder will be keeping his head above water in his newly-announced job helming the music for a reboot of the iconic 1970s sitcom Good Times.
The producer announced on Wednesday (March 20) that he will serve as Executive Music Producer and music supervisor for Netflix’s update of Norman Lear’s classic TV show, which ran from 1974-1979, — which, unlike the original, will be animated.
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“Proud to officially announce that I am the Executive Music Producer and the Music Supervisor for @netflix Animated series… ‘Good Times’!” the producer wrote on Instagram. He went on to thank producers Reuben Vincent, Howard “Give’m Soul” Joyner, George Pettus, and E. Jones for “joining me on this musical journey.”
See the post below.
The new GoodTimes, which arrives on Netflix on April 19, will follow a later generation of the Evans family featured in the original series. The setting is, as it was in the 1970s, apartment 17C in a Chicago housing project.
The new show was co-created by Carl Jones, best known for his time as co-executive producer of another animated show, The Boondocks; and Ranada Shepard. Shepard will serve as showrunner. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and NBA star Steph Curry are executive producers.
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Norman Lear, who developed the original series — itself a spinoff of his show Maude, which was in turn a spinoff of his All in the Family – was also named as an executive producer when Good Times was first announced in 2020. Lear died in December, 2023 at the age of 101.
Music supervisor isn’t 9th Wonder’s only recent title of note. Late last year, Billboard named him one of the top 25 Hip Hop producers of all time.
The ex-Little Brother member took to Instagram on Wednesday (December 27) to reveal the good news. Billboard placed 9th Wonder — responsible for such songs as “Threat” by JAY-Z, “Duckworth” by Kendrick Lamar, and “Girl” by Destiny’s Child — at no. 24 on their list.
“Wow. Never expected to make top 25 on @billboard’s list,” he wrote in the caption. “There’s been a lot of dope producers in the last 50 years of our culture. Salute to you all! Thanks to the staff! Grateful.”
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In a follow-up comment, 9th Wonder addressed the fans who thought he should have been placed much higher on the list.
“For those who think I should be higher..I appreciate the love,” he wrote, “but as a scholar of this culture, in 50 years…it’s gotta be at least 5,000 or more of us that have made a beat for a rapper or rappers..For me to be named in the 25 from number is an extreme honor….I’m grateful…”
