{"id":6551,"date":"2019-10-12T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=6551"},"modified":"2019-10-12T17:39:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T22:39:36","slug":"actor-singer-host-wayne-brady-joins-black-lightning-as-gravedigger-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/12\/actor-singer-host-wayne-brady-joins-black-lightning-as-gravedigger-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor, Singer, Host Wayne Brady Joins &#8220;Black Lightning&#8221; as Gravedigger [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6552\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wayne_Brady_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wayne_Brady_2015.jpg 449w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wayne_Brady_2015-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wayne_Brady_2015-260x145.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wayne_Brady_2015-160x89.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>Emmy(R) award winner and Grammy nominee Wayne Brady joins the cast of The CW&#8217;s <em><strong>Black Lightning<\/strong><\/em> in a recurring role which will first air in early 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Brady will play Tyson &#8220;Gravedigger&#8221; Spikes, a World War II-era member of the U.S. military who became a &#8220;super soldier&#8221; after a secret experiment gifted him with enhanced strength, agility, tactical genius, and hand-to-hand combat expertise.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3321000521\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the war, Spikes defected to the country of Markovia rather than return to a segregated America. 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