Facing financial troubles, Ed McMahon is taking on an unexpected new job title: rapper.

According to the Associated Press, the 85-year-old former "Tonight Show" sidekick is set to star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian, in which he wears a tracksuit, drives around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart, and raps about his very public financial troubles.

"I knew I could sing the blues, but I didn't know I could rap," McMahon said in a statement.

The videos will appear online in October.

In the videos, which the AP details, McMahon and a bodyguard are cruising through a neighborhood looking for sweepstakes winners to ask for some money back, but McMahon doesn't actually go through with it. In the second spot, McMahon dons a new suit after undergoing a financial and emotional makeover.

"When I retired, I was famous," McMahon raps in the video. "I had money and glory / I bought a house for 6 mill / I thought nothing could touch me / Until my credit went south, and debt started to crunch me / Next thing I know, instead of playing gin rummy, I was scrambling just to make ends meet / It wasn't funny."

He's then joined by two scantily clad women, as he continues his rap: "Got a bump from the media chumps, but that was temporary / Wife with bad credit was scary, so I got wise / I may have fallen, but I got back up / Now I'm back on the attack, like a ninja swinging nunchucks / I told the haters, 'Go on, take a hike' / It's my show now, and I can do what I like."

According to McMahon, he spent just one day in the studio recording the rhymes. However, he doesn't plan to dive fully into the music genre. When asked if he would consider releasing a full-length rap album, McMahon said: "Not immediately."

He said he hopes the campaign will inspire viewers to learn from his mistakes and become more aware about their finances.

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