John Legend, Issa Rae & Randall Park Amplifying Voices Of Formerly Incarcerated Writers In Podcast From Jay Ellis, Walter Thompson-Hernández & Lemonada
Deadline Hollywood, June 30, 2021: John Legend, Issa Rae & Randall Park Amplifying Voices Of Formerly Incarcerated Writers In Podcast From Jay Ellis, Walter Thompson-Hernández & Lemonada
“Insecure star Jay Ellis is behind a new podcast series that will aim to give voice to formerly incarcerated young authors. Written Off will feature the likes of John Legend, Issa Rae and Randall Park reading the works of these young authors. In each episode, former New York Times reporter Walter Thompson-Hernández, who also previously hosted the California Love podcast, will interview young people who wrote stories and poems while locked up in the U.S. prison system before a star performs their work.”
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