Who's Watching: MCs Who've Invaded Your TV Screen

3 Stacks has a new gig, plus Kid Cudi, Bow Wow and more.

Andre 3000 Joins Cast of ABC's American Crime - Outkast's Andre 3000 may be indecisive about the future of his music career but his acting path continues to move forward. According to Variety, 3 Stacks has been added to the cast of ABC's American Crime which stars Regina King. Dre will play the parent of a high school student accused of sexually assaulting one of his classmates. While Dre flexes his acting chops once again, check out a few more MCs who made an impact on the small screen. -Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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Andre 3000 Joins Cast of ABC's American Crime - Outkast's Andre 3000 may be indecisive about the future of his music career but his acting path continues to move forward. According to Variety, 3 Stacks has been added to the cast of ABC's American Crime which stars Regina King. Dre will play the parent of a high school student accused of sexually assaulting one of his classmates. While Dre flexes his acting chops once again, check out a few more MCs who made an impact on the small screen. -Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

Kid Cudi  - Kid Cudi just added a new credit to his acting resume and is the new band leader on IFC's Comedy Bang Bang. Cudi replaced Reggie Watts as he moved on to his new gig as band leader for The Late Late Show With James Corden. The "Day 'n' Nite" MC had appeared on the show previously and is also involved with skits on the sketch comedy series. Check him out on Thursdays at at 10:30.(Photo: IFC via Youtube)

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Kid Cudi  - Kid Cudi just added a new credit to his acting resume and is the new band leader on IFC's Comedy Bang Bang. Cudi replaced Reggie Watts as he moved on to his new gig as band leader for The Late Late Show With James Corden. The "Day 'n' Nite" MC had appeared on the show previously and is also involved with skits on the sketch comedy series. Check him out on Thursdays at at 10:30.(Photo: IFC via Youtube)

Shad Moss - Shad Moss continues to take his acting career to new heights, starring in the CBS series, CSI: Cyber. Returning for its second season, Shad plays a computer hacker named Brody "Baby Face" Nelson who faces prison time if he doesn't work with the feds on their cyber cases. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Shad Moss - Shad Moss continues to take his acting career to new heights, starring in the CBS series, CSI: Cyber. Returning for its second season, Shad plays a computer hacker named Brody "Baby Face" Nelson who faces prison time if he doesn't work with the feds on their cyber cases. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Bobby Digital - The  RZA starred on Gang Related  on Fox. The drama centered around a Los Angeles police officer trying to take down the bad guys, except there's one problem: he was raised by them. RZA played Cassius Green, a DEA agent, the latest in his Hollywood crime-fighting streak.(Photo: FOX)

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Bobby Digital - The  RZA starred on Gang Related  on Fox. The drama centered around a Los Angeles police officer trying to take down the bad guys, except there's one problem: he was raised by them. RZA played Cassius Green, a DEA agent, the latest in his Hollywood crime-fighting streak.(Photo: FOX)

Eve - In 2003, the Philly MC landed her own show on UPN. The comedy ran for three seasons and centered around Eve's character, Shelly Williams, as she struggles through life and love while running her own fashion boutique.(Photo: UPN)

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Eve - In 2003, the Philly MC landed her own show on UPN. The comedy ran for three seasons and centered around Eve's character, Shelly Williams, as she struggles through life and love while running her own fashion boutique.(Photo: UPN)

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Queen Latifah - Queen Latifah set the tube on fire in 1993 when the hit show Living Single premiered. For five years, The Jersey MC played Khadijah James, a hip hop magazine owner, in what many people consider the black version of Friends. The hit show can still be seen daily, as it's syndicated in most markets.(Photo: FOX)

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Queen Latifah - Queen Latifah set the tube on fire in 1993 when the hit show Living Single premiered. For five years, The Jersey MC played Khadijah James, a hip hop magazine owner, in what many people consider the black version of Friends. The hit show can still be seen daily, as it's syndicated in most markets.(Photo: FOX)

Drake - Before Drake became the leader of hip hop's new school, the YMCMB emcee starred in Degrassi: The Next Generation as Jimmy Brooks. Drake's character was a basketball star until he caught a slug in the back from a classmate he used to bully. The show ran from 2001-2009.(Photo: Epitome Pictures, Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund)

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Drake - Before Drake became the leader of hip hop's new school, the YMCMB emcee starred in Degrassi: The Next Generation as Jimmy Brooks. Drake's character was a basketball star until he caught a slug in the back from a classmate he used to bully. The show ran from 2001-2009.(Photo: Epitome Pictures, Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund)

Odd Future - Odd Future, led by Tyler, The Creator, made a splash with their sketch comedy series, Loiter Squad. In its third season, the show airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and holds no punches, as they have spoofed everyone from Joe Budden and Love & Hip Hop to the tennis champion Williams sisters. (Photo: Adult Swim via Cartoon Network)

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Odd Future - Odd Future, led by Tyler, The Creator, made a splash with their sketch comedy series, Loiter Squad. In its third season, the show airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and holds no punches, as they have spoofed everyone from Joe Budden and Love & Hip Hop to the tennis champion Williams sisters. (Photo: Adult Swim via Cartoon Network)

Ice Cube - Ice Cube cleaned up at the box office with the franchise films Are We There Yet? and in 2010 he brought the series to the small screen. Serving as executive producer, Cube switched it up for the television series as his character Nick Persons is now portrayed by actor Terry Crews and Cube plays his conniving brother-in-law, Terrence.(Photo: TBS) 

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Ice Cube - Ice Cube cleaned up at the box office with the franchise films Are We There Yet? and in 2010 he brought the series to the small screen. Serving as executive producer, Cube switched it up for the television series as his character Nick Persons is now portrayed by actor Terry Crews and Cube plays his conniving brother-in-law, Terrence.(Photo: TBS) 

Common - Common is currently starring in the AMC western Hell on Wheels. In its fourth season, the Chicago MC plays Elam Ferguson, an emancipated slave fighting prejudice and dealing with the drama and politics of the time as the first transcontinental railroad is being constructed.(Photo: AMC)

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Common - Common is currently starring in the AMC western Hell on Wheels. In its fourth season, the Chicago MC plays Elam Ferguson, an emancipated slave fighting prejudice and dealing with the drama and politics of the time as the first transcontinental railroad is being constructed.(Photo: AMC)

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LL Cool J - LL Cool J has showed the diversity of his acting chops over the years as he starred in the NBC comedy In the House for five seasons, starting in 1995, as a retired football player running a sports clinic with seasoned comedic actors Alfonso Ribeiro and Kim Wayans. After more success on the big screen, Uncle L returned to television in 2009 and has starred as agent Sam Hanna in the crime saga NCIS: Los Angeles for the past five years.  (Photo: CBS/Cliff Lipson /Landov)

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LL Cool J - LL Cool J has showed the diversity of his acting chops over the years as he starred in the NBC comedy In the House for five seasons, starting in 1995, as a retired football player running a sports clinic with seasoned comedic actors Alfonso Ribeiro and Kim Wayans. After more success on the big screen, Uncle L returned to television in 2009 and has starred as agent Sam Hanna in the crime saga NCIS: Los Angeles for the past five years.  (Photo: CBS/Cliff Lipson /Landov)

Sticky Fingaz - The hood politics and the glamorous life that make up the hip hop game got some shine for one action-packed season on the small screen in 2003 via UPN's Platinum, with Sticky Fingaz starring as a street smart record executive trying to balance the underworld and the boardroom.(Photo: UPN)

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Sticky Fingaz - The hood politics and the glamorous life that make up the hip hop game got some shine for one action-packed season on the small screen in 2003 via UPN's Platinum, with Sticky Fingaz starring as a street smart record executive trying to balance the underworld and the boardroom.(Photo: UPN)

Ice-T - Ice-T made a name for himself speaking out against racist police officers across the country and even recorded a song with his rock group Body Count called "Cop Killer." It's quite ironic that the Original Gangster has starred as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola for 14 years now on NBC's hit crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.(Photo: NBC)

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Ice-T - Ice-T made a name for himself speaking out against racist police officers across the country and even recorded a song with his rock group Body Count called "Cop Killer." It's quite ironic that the Original Gangster has starred as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola for 14 years now on NBC's hit crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.(Photo: NBC)

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Will Smith - Will Smith was already beating up the charts with DJ Jazzy Jeff when he walked into America's living room with his television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990. Playing a street-wise kid from Philadelphia who migrates to Cali to live with his rich aunt and uncle and his cousins, the hit show ran for six years and was the launching pad for The Fresh Prince to conquer Hollywood.  (Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank)

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Will Smith - Will Smith was already beating up the charts with DJ Jazzy Jeff when he walked into America's living room with his television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990. Playing a street-wise kid from Philadelphia who migrates to Cali to live with his rich aunt and uncle and his cousins, the hit show ran for six years and was the launching pad for The Fresh Prince to conquer Hollywood.  (Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank)