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Brandy Cast In ABC Drama Pilot ‘Queens’ About 90s Hip Hop Group Alongside Eve & Naturi Naughton

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">&num;Roommates&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;eve-naturi-naughton-to-star-in-queens-a-hip-hop-drama-about-a-fictional-90s-rap-group&sol;">Brandy<&sol;a> is stepping back into her actress bag in front of the camera courtesy of a previously announced project co-starring Eve and Naturi Naughton&period; Brandy has officially been cast in the ABC hip hop drama pilot &OpenCurlyQuote;Queens’ about a fictional 90s hip hop group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;Deadline reports&comma; Brandy is once again tapping into her <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;brandy-star-queens-abc-hip-hop-drama-pilot-1234709087&sol;">acting skills<&sol;a>—and this time she’ll do it as part of a fictional 90s rap group&period; ABC’s highly-anticipated drama pilot &OpenCurlyQuote;Queens’ has just added former &&num;8216&semi;Moesha&&num;8217&semi; star Brandy to star opposite Eve and Naturi Naughton as one of the four members of the &&num;8216&semi;Nasty B&ast;&ast;ches&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brandy is set to play the character of Naomi&comma; known as &&num;8216&semi;Xplicit Lyrics&&num;8217&semi; when she was still in the group&period; She is described as the musical center of the &&num;8216&semi;Nasty B&ast;&ast;ches&&num;8217&semi; who was sure she would achieve mainstream success following the group’s breakup&comma; but that didn’t happen&period; However&comma; things begin to look up for her when the group gets back together and Naomi is reunited with her first love—but she also has to come face-to-face with her rival group member that stole him from her back in the day&period; Elsewhere&comma; she also has an estranged daughter that she desperately wants to be there for&comma; although she isn’t exactly sure where to start&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; written by Zahir McGhee&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Queens’ is about four estranged former group members&comma; now in their 40s&comma; who reunite for a chance to reclaim their musical fame as the &OpenCurlyQuote;Nasty B&ast;&ast;ches’—their 90s group that made them legends in the hip hop world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Naturi Naughton will play Jill&comma; aka &&num;8216&semi;Da Thrill&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a founding member of the &&num;8216&semi;Nasty B&ast;&ast;ches&period;&&num;8217&semi; Back in the day she was known for her legendary rhymes and nasty drug habit&period; These days&comma; Jill lives a quiet life as a devout Catholic with her husband&period;  Meanwhile&comma; Eve is set to play another one of the group’s members named Brianna&comma; however&comma; the specific details about her character have not been released yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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