''Legends of Chamberlain Heights'' is an American
adult
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animated sitcom
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created by Brad Ableson, Mike Clements, Quinn Hawking, Josiah Johnson, and
Michael Starrbury.
The series aired on
Comedy Central
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from September 14, 2016 to August 20, 2017.
On October 7, 2017, Comedy Central canceled the series after two seasons.
Premise
The series focuses on three teenagers Jamal, Milk, and Grover. They're benchwarmers on the high school basketball team, but legends in their own minds.
Cast
*Josiah Johnson as Grover Cummings, Milk and Shea Butta
*Quinn Hawking as Jamal, Shamal and Rodrigo
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Michael Starrbury as Malik Cummings
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Jay Pharoah
Jared Antonio Farrow (born October 14, 1987), better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist. Pharoah was a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 201 ...
as Montrel Cummings and Randy
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Jamie Kennedy
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as Dave "Uncle Joey"
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MC Eiht
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*Carl Jones as Coach Bundy
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Tiffany Haddish
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as Cindy
*Poochie Jackson as Medina
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Erykah Badu
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provides Medina's singing voice
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2016)
Season 2 (2017)
Controversy
"End of Days" depicts NBA star
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely r ...
crawling out of a crashed helicopter before it explodes. After
the real Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020, the episode was removed from the Comedy Central website, and the creators of the show asked people to refrain from sharing the clip on social media out of respect for Bryant.
References
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