The project will be available on October 18th
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have unveiled the second group of voices for the star-studded cast of the concept album, Warriors. The project is due on October 18th via Atlantic Records, and executive produced by Grammy Award-winning rapper and New York City native, Nas, and produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Mike Elizondo.
Unveiled are The Hurricanes featuring Billy Porter as Granger, Michaela Jaé as Yaya and Mykal Kilgore as Élan, The Orphans featuring Utkarsh Ambudkar as Sully, Casey Likes as Jesse, and Ghostface Killah and Rza as the voices of Staten Island.
The newly announced cast members join the already noteworthy cast including The Turnbull AC’s featuring Marc Anthony as Tato, Luis Figueroa as Miguel, Flaco Navaja as Jesús, and Chris Rivers as The Bronx.
Warriors, the new project from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, is a concept album inspired by the 1979 Paramount Pictures cult film, The Warriors, based on the Sol Yurick novel of the same name. Warriors is executive produced by Grammy Award-winning rapper & New York City native, Nas & produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Mike Elizondo.
Warriors is an immersive listening experience that follows a fictitious New York City gang from Coney Island to the Bronx and back when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus.