Blige, Erykah Badu and Pharcyde, while artists like Ice-T and Biggie Smalls made guest appearances. Episodes of New York Undercover also featured the music of Tupac Shakur, Mary J. The series tackled issues of race head on, exploring plots centered around hate crimes, the War on Drugs, racial profiling and AIDS from the perspective of the underrepresented which had never before been depicted in primetime. The ethnically diverse cast starred Malik Yoba, Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D’Arbanville-Quinn, Lauren Valez and Michael Michele.ĭubbed Miami Vice for the Hip Hop Generation, the show became the first dramatic network crime series to feature a primarily minority cast. Long before HBO’s The Wire, Fox’s New York Undercover was the police drama that broke the mold. UNSUNG premiere’s the New York Undercover episode on TV One Wednesday, March 23 at 8 p.m.
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