Exclusive: Cortez Smith and Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson talk The Chi Season 8

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Currently playing on Paramount+ with the Premium Plan is the eighth and final season of The Chi. Produced by 20th Television, Lena Waithe’s acclaimed drama series will conclude with 10 episodes rolling out weekly every Friday.

As The Chi enters its eighth and final season and its coldest winter ever, life or death choices must be made. The question becomes, who is willing to make them? Legacy, conflict, joy, and pain. It all collides in the biggest, most emotionally riveting way ever seen this season on The Chi. 

The series stars Jacob Latimore,  Birgundi Baker, Luke James, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Hannaha Hall, Jason Weaver, Cortez Smith and Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson.

With Episode 8 (The Dead of Winter) - The temperature drops as Reg makes a cold-hearted move for a quick payday; Bakari reaches out in an attempt to soften Lynae's cold shoulder; Emmett and Kiesha make a bold parenting choice that brings.

Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Cortez Smith and Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson, who play Nuck and Bakari respectively, as they talk about their characters and if Nuck’s deadly past will catch up to him.