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WARRIORS, the new project from LinManuel 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 amp New York City native, Nas amp 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.The starstudded cast of the WARRIORS features the likes of Busta Rhymes, Nas, RZA, Ghostface Killag, Camron and Shenseea amongst many more to be announced in the following weeks.LinManuel Miranda and Eisa Davis unveil the final group of voices for the starstudded cast of the concept album, WARRIORS including Ms. Lauryn Hill as Cyrus of Gramercy Riffs and the vocal cast of THE WARRIORS.THE WARRIORS will feature Kenita Miller as Cochise, Sasha Hutchings as Cowgirl, Phillipa Soo as Fox, Aneesa Folds as Cleon, Amber Gray as Ajaz, Gizel Jimnez as Rembrandt, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Swan, and Julia Harriman as Mercy.The newly announced voices join the already noteworthy cast including THE COPS featuring James Remar as Barnes and David Patrick Kelly as Victor THE HURRICANES featuring Billy Porter as Granger, Michaela Ja as Yaya, and Mykal Kilgore as lan THE ORPHANS featuring Utkarsh Ambudkar as Sully and Casey Likes as Jesse THE TURNBULL ACS featuring Marc Anthony as Tato, Luis Figueroa as Miguel, and Flaco Navaja as JessTHE ROGUES featuring Kim Dracula as Luther and Alex Bonniello as Cropsy Shenseea as DJ Lynne Pen, and THE BIZZIES featuring Stephen Sanchez as Cal, Joshua Henry as Wanya, Timothy Hughes as Lance, and Daniel Jikal as Joon.Colman Domingo is the voice of the Masai of the Gramercy Riffs while the voices of the boroughs include Busta Rhymes as Brooklyn Ghostface Killah and RZA as Staten Island Chris Rivers as The Bronx Camron as Manhattan and Nas as Queens.
