Kobie Powell
Kobie Powell is an actor who voices the puppet character of Pixel in the children's show LazyTown, currently airing on Nick Jr. in the United States and on various international television networks. Powell is known in the Nickelodeon Company as "the voice of Nick Jr.", recording almost 80 percent of their sound bites and promos from 2004 to 2009. He has recorded local and national radio commercials for Pepsi, Burger King and Mountain Dew, among other companies. He also records promos for BET and VH1 on a regular basis. Kobie Powell is also a rapper/songwriter who wrote and performed with the group Us3. The album Hand on the Torch (Capitol/Blue Note) was a huge international hit that was certified Gold in the U.S. in 1994. Since 2011, Kobie has been the central voice talent for the Viacom Network, MTV2.