Charles Bradley, Faith Evans, Jidenna, and More to Appear on “Marvel’s Luke Cage”

Charles Bradley, Faith Evans, Jidenna, Raphael Saadiq, and more are set to appear on the upcoming Netflix superhero show, “Marvel’s Luke Cage,” Slashfilm reports. The show stars Mike Colter as Luke Cage, a former convict turned superhero for hire, fighting crime in Harlem. Showrunner Cheo Coker announced at a panel at the Television Critics Association that the artists were invited to perform songs at one of the show’s major set pieces, the Paradise nightclub.

So far, Coker has announced that Jidenna will perform an original song called “Long Live the Chief,” and Evans will deliver a rendition of “Mesmerized” (from her 2005 album The First Lady). Further, he revealed that each episode is named after a Gang Starr song. The series will premiere on September 30.

Watch the trailer for “Luke Cage”:

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