In case you’ve ever heard Ludacris speak concerning the early days of his profession working as an intern at Atlanta’s Scorching 97.5 underneath the identify “Chris Lova Lova,” then parlaying his plain hustle into an almost three-decade run as a hitmaker, film actor and writer, then you recognize there’s a fantastic story there.
A narrative that may very well be coming to BET+.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the streamer is creating an untitled half-hour scripted dramedy impressed by the lifetime of the person born Chris Bridges, specializing in his expertise “developing within the aggressive music scene in Atlanta as DJ Chris Lova Lova.”
The present will follows the “misadventures of a sharply drawn ensemble who’re prepared to do something and every little thing to bolster scores at their hip-hop radio station.” The script for the potential collection at the moment in improvement can be written and govt produced by Noah Gardenswartz (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), with Luda slated to function an govt producer and music supervisor.
The collection is being developed by Common Tv and Disturbing Tha Peace, the label the rapper launched within the late Nineties alongside along with his longtime supervisor, Chaka Zulu, who will even function an govt producer; Larry Wilmore (The Every day Present, Insecure) and Malcolm D. Lee (Night time College, Ladies Journey) are additionally on board as exec producers.
Whereas it’s not but recognized if the collection will get a full inexperienced mild, Luda can be in your screens quickly as he was lately introduced as one of many judges — alongside Latto and DJ Khaled — on the reboot of Netflix’s hip-hop competitors present, Rhythm + Circulate. The collection is slated for a long-awaited return later this 12 months for season two after a 5 12 months hiatus; the primary run of the present featured visitor judges Cardi B, Probability the Rapper and T.I.
