User blog comment:MrWii000/How do you Eddie LeBron (the director of the future fan film) got Jaleel White to do the voice of Sonic in the future fan film?/@comment-477304-20110628235150

You seem to be very against the idea of Jaleel voicing Sonic. In answer to your question, someone jokingly told him he should get Jaleel to voice Sonic and that's how it started