TALES Returns to BET for Season 2 Featuring an Exclusive, Soon-to-Be-Released Song, “Brothers” by Kanye West Feat. Charli...
June 14 2019 - 10:56AM
Business Wire
“BROTHERS” WILL DEBUT ON BET AND MTV GLOBALLY
AND ON VH1’S INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ON JULY 2ND WITH CAST INCLUDING
ELIJAH KELLEY, DRAYA MICHELE, ISAIAH WASHINGTON, AND THOMAS Q.
JONES
BET Networks in conjunction with Irv ‘Gotti’
Lorenzo announce the season two global premiere of hit
original series, TALES. The series will make a global
return, with a two-hour premiere. The debut episode, “Brothers,”
brings a new and exciting twist for the series, by serving as the
launchpad for an unreleased Kanye West song exclusive to the show’s
soundtrack. Fans can tune-in to BET and MTV channels globally and
on VH1’s international channels on Tuesday, July 2. BET and the
international channels will air the first look at 9:00 PM E.T.,
with MTV airing in a later timeslot.
“I am beyond excited for the return of TALES. Producing this new
record with my production partner Seven and working with Kanye for
a song exclusively for the TALES series, has been one of the
highlights of my music and TV career. I did it for my Hip Hop
Culture. I wanted to give the fans something to listen to and enjoy
as well as visually enjoy, and “Brothers,” the song in conjunction
with this global TV premiere is precisely that moment. TALES IS
BACK!!,” the hip-hop mogul announced. Contrary to
previous episodes that feature a catalog of previously released
music, this season’s premiere will feature a new
song, “Brothers” by Kanye West featuring Charlie
Wilson. “Brothers” is produced by Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo and his
production partner, Seven.
Each week, TALES transforms the lyrics of
hip-hop’s greatest hits into captivating visual narratives through
the eyes of Irv “Gotti’” Lorenzo. To bring the
“Brothers” story to life, Lorenzo has cast a variety of
TV and Film veterans including Elijah Kelley
(The New Edition Story, Star, The Bobby Brown
Story), Draya Michele (Real Husbands of
Hollywood), Isaiah Washington (Grey’s
Anatomy, The 100),Thomas Q. Jones (Being Mary Jane, Luke
Cage), LisaRaye McCoy (All of Us, Single Ladies),
and Cynthia Bailey (Real Housewives of Atlanta,
How High 2).
The scripted anthology series will include nine additional
episodes that will feature timeless hits including Geto
Boys’“Mind Playing Tricks on
Me,” Migos’ “Slippery,” Nas’ “I
Gave You Power,” Mary J. Blige’s “My
Life,” Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour
Life,” Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” Dr. Dre
and Snoop Dogg’s “Deep Cover,” Lauryn
Hill’s “Ex-Factor,”
and XXXtentacion’s “Moonlight.”
Love, murder and a whole lot of hip-hop will bring new life to
songs in this season, created and executive produced by pioneering
hip-hop hitmaker, Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo and
his Visionary Ideas production company alongside
executive producers Ron
Robinson and Robert
Munic, producers Darcell Lawrence, John Bryant,
James Seppelfrick, Keith Neal and Eric
Tomosunas, and co-producers Sonny Lorenzo, JJ
Lorenzo and Darien Baldwin. The series
has enlisted Tasha Smith (Why Did I Get Married,
Daddies Little Girls, Star, Power), Robert
Munic (Empire), Joshua Butler (Pretty
Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, The Magicians,
Shadowhunters), Erik
White (Tales S:1), Benny Boom (NCIS:
Los Angeles, Black Lighting, The Quad), Bryan
Barber (Idlewild, Instant Mom), and first-time
directors Ellie Foumbi and Nefertite
Nguvu to direct episodes throughout the series. Writers
will include Robert Munic, Leah Keith, Adam
Wiesen, Patrick Coker, John
Barcheski, Michael Cobian, Leah
Benavides, Larry “Legend” Spivey, Marcus J.
Guilloryand Trevor Vandelac.
For more information on “TALES” log on
to BET.com. Join the conversation on social media by logging
on to BET’s multiple social media platforms by using the hashtag
#TALESonBET, Facebook.com/BET, Twitter.com/BET, Instagram.com/TalesOnBET,
and Instagram.com/BET.
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