MC Lyte is making a grand return to televisions and gave AllHipHop the inside track about her new present that will probably be on BET+.
The enduring Brooklyn-bred artist mentioned she could have a starring position within the upcoming sequence Angel, a present that spins off from the favored Dutch and True to the Sport franchises.
“I play a detective who actually desires to be good, however generally, to be able to shut the case, she’ll ‘make the glove match,’” MC Lyte mentioned, describing her character, Detective Monroe. “She’s a bit hardcore, nevertheless it’s enjoyable to play her. Plus, the manufacturing firm is all Black, which makes it much more thrilling to be part of one thing so enormous.”
MC Lyte, who’s portrayed detectives in earlier roles, admitted that Hollywood appears to love her in regulation enforcement roles. “Possibly I simply appear like I’m about to determine issues out,” she joked, however mentioned she’s obtained vary. “In Queen of the South, I performed a nasty man, a affected person killer. I used to be Jamie Hector’s sister in that, which was an excellent expertise.”
Lyte’s success in entrance of the display is not going to restrict her. She is now setting her sights on directing.
“As an actor, I’m good. However as a director? That’s the place my ardour is,” she mentioned. “I had my directorial debut a few years in the past with a brief referred to as Break Up in Love, which is on-line now. It received a few awards, and we even went to Cannes, which I wasn’t anticipating in any respect. Now I’m trying to develop extra initiatives and see them by means of from begin to end.”
MC Lyte remains to be a trailblazing rapper that not too long ago launched a brand new album referred to as 1 of 1. The Warryn Campbell-helmed undertaking options Frequent, Lil Mama, Ghostface Killah, Muni Lengthy, Massive Daddy Kane, and even Stevie Surprise. You may hear it under.
We not too long ago interviewed MC Lyte and stand by for the complete dialog. Images by Patrick Neree.
