The Chi Season 8 Premiere Set for May 22

Lena Waithe’s acclaimed drama series The Chi will return for its eighth and final season on Friday, May 22, exclusively on Paramount+ with the Premium Plan. A first-look teaser for the highly anticipated conclusion is now available.

Produced by 20th Television, the 10-episode final season will roll out weekly every Friday.

The Chi Season 8 Premiere Set for May 22

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.

Birgundi Baker as Kiesha and Jacob Latimore as Emmett

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

The Chi is created and executive-produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe (Twenties, Master of None) under her Hillman Grad banner, and the series is executive-produced by co-showrunners Justin Hillian for Hillianaire Productions and Jewel Coronel for Uncut Gems.

Wendy Raquel Robinson as Riley, Birgundi Baker as Kiesha Hannaha Hall as Tiff, Zaria Imani Primer as Lynae, Karrueche Tran as Zuri and Kyla Pratt as Angie

The additional executive producers include Academy Award and Emmy winner Common (Selma), Aaron Kaplan (A Million Little Things, The Neighborhood), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Resheida Brady-Anderson, Derek Dudley, and Shelby Stone of ID8 Multimedia, Naomi Funabashi, Rishi Rajani, and James Rogers III.

Co-executive producers Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield return to direct multiple episodes. All previous seasons are currently available to stream on Paramount+ only with the Paramount+ Premium Plan.