Watch Bootsy Collins’ Cameo as the Funkiest Math Tutor Ever on Disney’s ‘Hey A.J.!’: ‘Just a Little Space Math, With Some Funk on It’

If every kid had a math tutor as cool as Bootsy Collins, maybe the notoriously tricky subject wouldn’t be so tough.

On the brand-new animated series Hey A.J.! — premiering Tuesday on Disney Jr. before hitting Disney+ the next day) — Amari McCoy’s A.J. is having some trouble counting stars when she gets some help from Cal Q Layta, voiced by the legendary funk bassist and singer/songwriter Bootsy Collins. Below, Billboard Family is exclusively premiering a clip of Collins’ out-of-this-world cameo.

“I can help you fine, funky folks, no problem!” Cal Q Layta says when A.J. enlists him for help. “I know some tricks that’ll help you count stars, and you can finish your homework checklist.”

After Cal slows down the stars, making them easier to single out, A.J. tells him: “Thank you, now I can count them! How’d you do that?”

“Oh that?” he asks. “That was nothing, baby. Just a little space math, with some funk on it.”

Watch the exclusive clip below:

After backing up James Brown in the early 1970s, Collins made a name for himself when he joined George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and then spun off his own side project Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic in 1997.

Collins has also had some high-profile features over the years, including on Deee-Lite’s 1990 Billboard Hot 100 top five hit “Groove Is in the Heart,” on Fatboy Slim’s 2001 single “Weapon of Choice” (famous for its Grammy-winning, Christopher Walken-starring music video), and, most recently, on Silk Sonic’s 2021 track “After Last Night,” which brought Collins back to the Hot 100 that year.

The new Disney series Hey A.J.! is inspired by author and Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett, who created the story of an imaginative young girl named A.J. and her stuffed-bunny sidekick. Other musical voices on the show include Jhené Aiko as A.J.’s mom Siggi and Meghan Trainor as the mom of A.J.’s best friend Jessie. Bennett voices A.J.’s dad Marty on the show as well.

Watch the exclusive clip above and the series trailer below, and tune in to the Hey A.J.! premiere Tuesday on Disney Jr. and Wednesday on Disney+.