NLE Choppa, Latto and other musicians have been named as guest stars for Season 6 of the popular ABC TV show, Grown-ish.
According to Deadline, both rap superstars will join an already stacked guest star line-up which includes Lil Yachty, Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals. While NLE Choppa will play himself, Latto will play a character named Sloane, who is a wine rep who has Doug as a client.
Kelly Rowland, and Omarion were also announced as guest stars of the hit TV show. Kelly Rowland will play a professor who’s in charge of the psychology department at Cal U while Omarion will play himself.
Grown-ish, which was created by Kenya Barris is an extension of Black-ish, which debuted in 2018 and starred Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony Anderson and Yara Shahidi. Grown-ish stars Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Trevor Jackson, Diggy Simmons, and more.
The final season of the college-centric show will premiere on June 28.
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Both NLE Choppa, and Latto aren’t the only musicians that have appeared on Grown-ish in recent years. In 2021, Saweetie made her acting debut on the fan-favorite show.
Saweetie made a cameo in the role of a bossy rapper named Indigo, who wasn’t happy with the wardrobe picked out for her and she demanded Yara Shahidi’s character (Zoey Johnson), who dropped out of college to be Joey Bada$$’ stylist to fix the situation.
“I think Indigo is just a little bit of a bitch,” Saweetie told Entertainment Weekly at the time. “She means well, but just sometimes she says the wrong things.”
She continued, “I wanted to make sure I delivered. I feel like with roles, whether if it’s an episode or in a music video, you always have to commit to the emotion of what you’re trying to portray. I thought it was cool, a little cheating but that’s okay: I played an artist…
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