“Hip hop fans are obsessed, and they're geeks about hip hop. Comic book fans are also geeks, and when you can meld the two, then you open the world up to, I think, communities that will just take to each other.”

American writer and producer, former music journalist

Cheo Hodari Coker is an American writer and producer, known for his work in music journalism and television. He is associated with series including Luke Cage, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland and Ray Donovan. Coker began his career as a music journalist before moving into television writing and producing. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 biographical film Notorious, which focuses on the life and death of The Notorious B.I.G.