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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 56368" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/usher-TOP.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Usher Lovers and Friends 2022" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image / Gabe Ginsberg<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/usher-tiny-desk-concert/" target="_blank">Usher</a> is taking to television: The Grammy Award-winning vocalist has signed on as an executive producer for an upcoming television series called Storyville, as reported by <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/usher-storyville-tv-starlings-1235325266/" target="_blank">Variety</a>.The series, set in <a href="https://uproxx.com/life/best-new-orleans-restaurants-2022/" target="_blank">New Orleans</a>, will tell the story of five brothel madams seeking to gain control over the city’s Red Light District. It is a music-centered series which will be focused on the beginning of the Jazz Age in New Orleans.“Storyville is an epic tale sparked by the origins of the sound that inspired my career — a story that touches the nerve of social and cultural relevance today,” <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/city-girls-usher-good-love/" target="_blank">Usher</a> said in a statement.At the time of reporting, the series is currently in development by Starlings Television and is targeted for global sale to various networks. Starlings TV President/EP Chris Philip and CEO Karine Martin are also set to co-executive produce the show, alongside Usher, as well as creators and showrunners Bill Macdonald and Walt Becker, and Marcus Morton.“Usher’s massive global appeal, musical and acting genius will propel this unique and compelling original series into must-see viewing worldwide,” Philip said in a statement. “His invaluable creative and musical contributions to Storyville fulfill our vision of contrasting the gritty, sometimes brutal sides of New Orleans life with it giving birth to a beautiful, diverse and defining new artform.”<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/usher-produce-storyville-tv-series/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 56368, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Usher Lovers and Friends 2022"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/usher-TOP.jpg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image / Gabe Ginsberg[/UWSL] [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/usher-tiny-desk-concert/']Usher[/URL] is taking to television: The Grammy Award-winning vocalist has signed on as an executive producer for an upcoming television series called [I]Storyville[/I], as reported by [I][URL='https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/usher-storyville-tv-starlings-1235325266/']Variety[/URL][/I]. The series, set in [URL='https://uproxx.com/life/best-new-orleans-restaurants-2022/']New Orleans[/URL], will tell the story of five brothel madams seeking to gain control over the city’s Red Light District. It is a music-centered series which will be focused on the beginning of the Jazz Age in New Orleans. “[I]Storyville[/I] is an epic tale sparked by the origins of the sound that inspired my career — a story that touches the nerve of social and cultural relevance today,” [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/city-girls-usher-good-love/']Usher[/URL] said in a statement. At the time of reporting, the series is currently in development by Starlings Television and is targeted for global sale to various networks. Starlings TV President/EP Chris Philip and CEO Karine Martin are also set to co-executive produce the show, alongside Usher, as well as creators and showrunners Bill Macdonald and Walt Becker, and Marcus Morton. “Usher’s massive global appeal, musical and acting genius will propel this unique and compelling original series into must-see viewing worldwide,” Philip said in a statement. “His invaluable creative and musical contributions to [I]Storyville[/I] fulfill our vision of contrasting the gritty, sometimes brutal sides of New Orleans life with it giving birth to a beautiful, diverse and defining new artform.” [url="https://uproxx.com/music/usher-produce-storyville-tv-series/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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