The Chi is coming back this spring to finish out the second half of its sixth season, and Kadeem Hardison, Leon, Brett Gray and Daniel J. Watts have been added to the cast, Shadow and Act has confirmed. Hardison will play Professor Gardner, a college literature professor, Leon will play Alonzo, “a charming, street-savvy attorney with old ties to Alicia,” Gray will play “Damien, a whip-smart young man who will impact Emmett’s life in more ways than one,” and Watts plays Pastor Ezekiel, “a charismatic pastor of a megachurch.” The new season drops on May 12 streaming and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers before airing on the linear channel on May 12. Created and executive produced by Lena Waithe and also executive produced by Common, the series “is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.” Season 6’s cast includes acob Latimore, Alex...
