Cheo Coker: “If Biggie Was Alive, I Might’ve Cast Him As Cottonmouth”

Contemporary audiences recognize Cheo Hodari Coker as a writer/director, but those of a certain age recall how his career as a Hip-Hop journalist paved the way for thousands as the template of how the job is done. Now, as the showrunner for the hit Netflix series Luke Cage, Coker has adopted thematics that are both quintessentially classic hip-hop with a very contemporary feel. Add that Marvel Comics breath of life and we’ve witnessed something great.

Luke Cage Producer Cheo Coker Says He Would Have Casted BIG as Cotton Mouth

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