did<\/em> know were the realities of show business.<\/p>\n\u201cI think after the first season, I was like, all right, I need to start looking for another movie. I need to start playing maybe a tour, another album,\u201d says actor Jacob Latimore, when recalling the early days of filming The Chi<\/em>, where he\u2019s played Emmett. \u201cI think as actors, we always kind of have to be ready to pivot,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\nHe hasn\u2019t had to. Eight seasons later, they\u2019re still here.<\/p>\n
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>Lelanie Foster<\/figcaption><\/div>\nThe fact that the series has reached its eighth and final season is beyond anything he could have imagined. But for co-star Birgundi Baker, who plays his partner Kiesha, she foresaw greatness.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it was going to go for a long time. I would tell Hannaha all the time, \u2018I want to be a series regular,\u2019 because I saw something very special, but I could not have dreamed of eight seasons,\u201d she says. \u201cThat surpassed my expectation, but I knew it was going to have a really good moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was unsure,\u201d admits Hannaha Hall, who plays Tiffany on the series. \u201cI was just really happy that Chicago was being placed on screen\u2026I thought it was very special, but I didn\u2019t know. Just knowing and understanding how TV goes, but I remember Jacob actually made a joke saying \u2018Six seasons, six seasons!\u2019 And I literally remember that I\u2019m like, \u2018Six<\/em>? I don\u2019t know.\u2019 But we\u2019re here\u2014eight!\u201d<\/p>\nLelanie Foster<\/figcaption><\/div>\nLatimore, Baker and Hall, dressed to the nines for our digital cover shoot, recount the beginnings of the show on a stage in Brooklyn\u2019s Greenpoint neighborhood. They are just a few of the cast members present who were there from the very start, and lucky enough to be present for the very end, as the series prepares to take its final bow on Showtime and Paramount+, starting on May 22.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re flanked by Luke James and Jason Weaver, who joined the series in Season 4. Their character arcs have been significant. For the latter, the storied singer and actor had actually been a part of the series from its earliest renderings, when it was still a pilot and he was set to play the embattled, grief-stricken character Ronnie. But the pilot had to be reshot with a different lineup of actors \u2014 Hall being one of the only ones to remain \u2014 before getting the green light.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat character Ronnie, at that time, although I was able to play it, I think believably, that wasn\u2019t meant for me. But Shaad was meant for me,\u201d Weaver says. \u201cAnd just to give Lena [Waithe] credit, when I received the news that I wasn\u2019t going with the original pilot, she had called me maybe like 20 minutes later and said, \u2018Hey brother, I know this is crazy, but you know this business.\u2019 I\u2019ve been in the entertainment industry now for like 40-plus years, so I know how the game goes. And she told me, \u2018When I get this show up and running the way it needs to go and I\u2019m telling the kind of stories that I want to tell as it relates to this, I\u2019m going to come back and get you.\u2019 And sure enough, she really did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lelanie Foster<\/figcaption><\/div>\nThat sort of determination from Waithe, creating opportunities for talent she believed in, runs throughout the series and is a significant part of why it lasted as long as it has. When central character Brandon, played by actor Jason Mitchell, had to exit the series at the end of Season 2 following serious allegations about Mitchell\u2019s behavior on set, Waithe trusted her ensemble enough to uplift them. She expanded their stories. That decision allowed audiences to watch all the characters grow up in real time. It also helped the actors grow as people as they stepped up to meet the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had some experience just as a teenager working with some really seasoned actors, Forest Whitaker, Will Smith, and just number one guys, leading guys. And I\u2019m just like, all right, I already got a good blueprint on what that means. And I just wanted to kind of just set the example of knowing my lines, being on time as best as I can and trying to sharpen that every year,\u201d says Latimore, whose character went from an immature sneakerhead who had to grow up faster than expected, to business owner and responsible father and father figure. He felt it his responsibility to show the welcoming, joyful spirit that actually defined the set following Williams\u2019s firing. \u201cI was trying to be an hour early on my call time, trying to show up early to just be at the trailers, say hello to the catering guys and try to beat the PAs there. I would try to make all the guests feel welcome because it could become a stigma as if our set wasn\u2019t maybe safe and that kind of made me feel like, nah, our set is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shift allowed Baker to grow as an actress. Her character, Kiesha, would have one of the most significant storylines in the series, navigating being kidnapped, raped and impregnated, building a blended family with Emmett, forging an unlikely sisterhood with his ex-wife, played by Hall, and welcoming a daughter at the end of Season 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke with Lena and the team, and they told me that I would be moving up Season 3 and I was just ready,\u201d Baker notes. \u201cI was prepared and grateful for the opportunity to be trusted with more and I was even more excited that the storyline was so meaningful. I felt like the timing was perfect because I always wanted to be a big part of The Chi<\/em> and it wouldn\u2019t have been the same had I been that from the beginning. The timing was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\nLelanie Foster<\/figcaption><\/div>\nThat same type of opportunity came about for James thanks to Waithe, whom he\u2019d been acquainted with in the past. The timing was also perfect for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy show at the time, Star<\/em>, had gotten canceled and then I think a week later I received a request for an audition for [Trig] in The Chi<\/em>. I had asked God for a challenge for something different, something not musical, something outside of my wheelhouse. I was ready. I was ready and open and then here this role came and I jumped headfirst,\u201d he recalls of stepping into Trig, a gangster turned man of the people. \u201cI just saw an opportunity to expand my territory and as soon as I did that, I sent tape in. I mean, I think it was like three days later I get a text from Lena thanking me and just saying that we\u2019re going to have a great ride together and this is going to be expansive. It\u2019s going to be a beautiful experience. Before I was on this show, I just thought it was huge. It was talking about what needed to be talked about, not talking about what\u2019s going to get the crowd going. So, I was geeked to just be a part of such a drama, and yeah, it changed my world forever.\u201d<\/p>\nIt also transformed the way people view Chicago, of course. Following years of the \u201cChiraq\u201d label, Waithe, the cast and crew set out to show the city\u2019s full breadth. For true South Siders like Hall and Weaver, that mission was personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do a really good job of showing the Chicago culture. It\u2019s a lot of Chicago coded things that we do, like the block club parties, the skating rink. Those things are very indigenous to us and what\u2019s special to us in our culture,\u201d says Hall.<\/p>\n
Adds Weaver, \u201cI think one of the things that Lena has been able to successfully do as a proud Chicagoan, and what the writers have been able to do is really tell the true story of what we\u2019ve experienced growing up. And what we know is community, what we know is family, what we know is cookouts, what we know are block parties. Yeah, the violence and the gangster stuff is like an element. It\u2019s a piece of what the city is about, but that\u2019s not the whole story.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s ultimately the human story. As Waithe tells it, any of the characters could be dropped in a city near you. James, who hails from New Orleans, certainly found himself in familiar territory.<\/p>\n
Lelanie Foster<\/figcaption><\/div>\n\u201cI\u2019m from New Orleans. I mean, you could change the name of it and call it The N-O<\/em>,\u201d he says. \u201cI learned a lot about Chicago, and I learned about the throughline that we\u2019re very similar and I mean, if you think about The Great Migration, we\u2019re all pretty much similar tribes. And so, our celebrations and so on are very, very much the same. So, I think that\u2019s why it resonates. It may seem niche to others, but it\u2019s universal to all of us and that\u2019s what makes a profound show. It just crosses the lines if you take the ride.\u201d<\/p>\nViewers will be able to take one last ride with The Chi<\/em> as the team behind it says a triumphant farewell over the next 10 episodes. In conversation, the shows players speak warmly about how they\u2019ll miss the charm of filming in the city\u2014the food, \u201cthe yachts\u201d on the water in summertime, and the colorful and dedicated extras on set each day. And they\u2019re honest about how they\u2019ll miss the stability that a longtime TV gig brings. But there\u2019s no bitter with the sweet. They\u2019re confident that the story they were tasked with telling by their great leader, Waithe, is complete\u2014and lasting.<\/p>\n\u201cThe one thing that I can take away from this show is having an even deeper appreciation for the diversity and the complexity of the Black community. I\u2019ve never subscribed to the theory that Black people were a monolith. The Chi<\/em> has shown me just how different we are and how we can learn from one another, especially myself as a Black man,\u201d Weaver says. \u201cI get a lot of Black men who approach me on the street day in and day out and talk about the men\u2019s circle and talk about mental health. And that was something that myself, I never really discussed with my friends before and I never really had focused on even when it just came to checking on myself internally. And that\u2019s one of the things that the show has inspired me to do more, is to do more self-checks and to reach out to my brothers and ask them, \u2018Hey man, how you feeling? You all right? You need to talk about something?\u2019 Because not only have I seen it, the positive effect it\u2019s had on the characters and their growth, but I\u2019m actually having conversations with members of the community that have let me know how it\u2019s made such a positive impact in their lives. I\u2019m so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\nCREDITS<\/p>\n
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