Bow Wow is the latest to join the cast of CSI: Cyber.
According to TV Line, the rapper, also known as Shad Moss, will play a computer hacker named Brody ‘Baby Face’ Nelson.
In the show, his character is ordered by a judge to either work with Special Agent Avery Ryan [Patricia Arquette] or go to prison.
Creator of the CSI franchise Anthony E. Zuiker said this of casting Bow Wow:
“Bow Wow is a gifted young actor who will have the responsibility, through his character, to set an example for young people who watch the show to ‘do what’s right’ even when you know ‘nothing but wrong.’
“It will be a redemption story and a cautionary tale all wrapped into one. The role of Nelson required someone with deep acting chops and off-the-charts smarts. Shad Moss is a unique talent that possesses both.”
Arquette stars in the show as the head of the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, where she has to solve crimes that start online before they transfer to the real world.
The show also stars Dawson’s Creek’s James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol and Charley Koontz.
CSI: Cyber is set to air on Sundays at 10pm in spring 201 on CBS.