Creator and Executive Producer Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo Delivers, "TALES",
a Scripted Anthology Series of "Song Stories" Weaving Classic and
Current Hip-Hop Songs into Visually Stunning Narratives
Woody McClain (New Edition Story), Keith Powers (New Edition Story),
Jennifer Freeman, Elise Neal, MC Lyte, Boris Kodjoe (Real Husbands of
Hollywood), Lance Gross, Matthew Noszka, Chet Hanks, Clifton
Powell, Christian Robinson, Michelle Hayden, Michelle Mitchenor, Lil
Duval, DC Young Fly, Rico Ball and More to Star in This Highly
Anticipated New Series
#TALESonBET
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Legendary Music Executive and Murder Inc. founder Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo
has A Story to Tell and it's heading to BET Networks on June 27,
2017. "TALES" is a scripted anthology series of "song stories"
weaving classic and current hip-hop songs into captivating visual
narratives from the lyrics of some of hip-hop's greatest hits. Far
beyond the music video or the live event, "TALES" brings hip-hop
alive in a completely new way for television. Through songs like NWA's "F*ck
the Police", Notorious B.I.G.'s "I Got A Story to Tell", Meek
Mill's "Cold Hearted", Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen", to name a
few, each song's lyrics are imagined as cinematic adventures with
different directors, including Irv Gotti's directorial debut. Each
episode is written by a different screenwriter, introducing "TALES"
as an innovative twist to the hip-hop culture by reimagining our
favorite hip-hop songs as we know them into "mini-movies".
Each episode of "TALES" embodies and redefines hip-hop music in
an exciting way that is completely original to television. The premiere
episode, recreates NWA's "F*ck the Police", which focuses on a
controversial police shooting of a young boy that flips the biases and
stereotypes of today's society. The lyrics of other rap classics like Notorious
B.I.G.'s "I Got A Story to Tell", Meek Mill's "Cold Hearted" and Fetty
Wap's "Trap Queen" serve as the thematic backdrop for each
cautionary tale and crafted into visually stunning mini movies. Each
week, the suspenseful stories reimagine the meaning of each original
song and take viewers on an exciting adventure into some of the stories
that play inspiration to the most iconic hip-hop hits. The rotating
star-studded cast includes Woody McClain (New Edition Story), Keith
Powers (New Edition Story), Boris Kodjoe (Real Husbands of Hollywood),
Jennifer Freeman, Elise Neal, MC Lyte, Lance Gross, Christian Robinson,
Matthew Noszka, Chet Hanks, Clifton Powell, Michelle Hayden, Michelle
Mitchenor, Lil Duval, DC Young Fly, Rico Ball and more help bring the
music to life in the highly anticipated BET original series.
Created and executive produced by pioneering hip-hop hit maker, Irv
"Gotti" Lorenzo and his Visionary Ideas production company alongside
producer Ron Robinson, writer/producer Joy Kecken and co-producers
Darcell Lawrence, John Bryant and Sonny Lorenzo.
For more information on "TALES" log on to BET.com. Join the
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