By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Omar, the shotgun-toting stick-up man of "The Wire," is finally getting his chance to belt out a solo.
"The Wire: The Musical" debuted Tuesday as a Web video for the site Funny Or Die. The cast of the HBO drama reprises their roles in a mock song-and-dance adaptation of the famously gritty series about urban life and the drug war.
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Among the "Wire" actors who participate are Michael Kenneth Williams, Sonja "Kima" Sohn, Andre "Bubbles" Royo, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and Larry "D'Angelo" Gillard Jr.
The video appears as a four-minute commercial that advertises comically sunny songs like "Omar's Comin,'" "It's All in the Game" and "I'm Just a Burner" — a sad lament from one of the disposable cellphones used by the drug dealers on the show.
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