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A STELLAR LINE-UP OF MUSICAL GUESTS AND CELEBRITY CAMEOS
HIGHLIGHT A "MOESHA" ELECTION NIGHT TWO-PARTER, AIRING TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 5
(8:00-8:30 P.M. AND 9:00-9:30 P.M. ET/PT) ON UPN
Nancy Wilson, Black Street, Soul for Real, Xscape, 112,
A Tribe Called Quest, MC Lyte Perform

In "Part I" (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET/PT), a lovelorn Moesha wins four tickets to the "MTV Megafest," a multi-act R&B and Hip Hop concert, and invites Kim, Niecy and Hakeem to come along. But when she reunites with boyfriend Q, Moesha is caught a ticket short. Q offers a plan that will get all five of them in, then decides at the last minute to bring along his four-cousin singing group as well (singing group 112). Unfortunately, the plan backfires, leaving Q, Hakeem, Kim and Niecy out in the cold and forcing them to find their own way in.

When Q and Hakeem luck out and end up escorting an old acquaintance of Q's and her friend, Olympic basketball Gold Medalist Lisa Leslie, to the concert, Moesha spots Q with the other woman - just as she has music and television producer Russell Simmons' ear and the fate of his cousins' singing group in her hands.

In "Part II" (special time: 9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT), as Moesha fumes over Q's impromptu date and tries to make him believe that Montell Jordan is interested in her, Hakeem bellies up to the VIP buffet and Kim and Niecy struggle through disaster after disaster in their quest to gain access. At the end of an eventful evening, Moesha and Q enter into a new phase of their relationship.

Four hundred extras were used in the concert scene, which features performances by R&B and Hip Hop acts Black Street, Soul for Real, Xscape, 112 (who also portray Q's cousins), A Tribe Called Quest and MC Lyte. In a separate scene, jazz great Nancy Wilson performs.

Guest starring are MTV VJ ldalis as herself, music and television producer Russell Simmons as himself, Olympic basketball gold medalist Lisa Leslie as herself, singer Montell Jordan as himself, Los Angeles DJ (KKBT-FM) P.J. Butta as himself.

In guest star or cameo roles: music producer Jermaine Dupri as the waiter, comic Adele Givens as the police officer, singer Howard Hewitt as the limo driver, actress Nia Long as the babysitter, Jo Marie Payton-Noble ("Family Matters") as Valerie Shaw, rapper Yo Yo as the usher, actor Tiny Lister as the security guard, comic Reggie McFadden as the scalper.

Also guest starring are Terence Washington as Junebug, W.C. as Tyrone, Dwight Woody as Coach Vines, Darryle Cooper as the security guard, Sanaa Lathan as Ebony.

Starring Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, Sheryl Lee Ralph as Dee Mitchell, William Allen Young as Frank Mitchell, Countess Vaughn as Kim Parker, Lamont Bentley as Hakeem Campbell, Marcus T. Paulk as Myles Mitchell, Yvette Wilson as Andell, Shar Jackson as Niecy.

In a two-part episode of "Moesha," Moesha's boyfriend Q and her father Frank are finally introduced,
but it may take some time before a friendship develops. Pictured left to right: William Allen Young as Frank,
Sheryl Lee Raplh as Dee, Brandy Norwood as Moesha, Fredro Starr as Q, Yvette Wilson as Andell,
Dwight Woody as Coach Vines. The episode airs on election night, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,
8:00-8:30 p.m. and 9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, on UPN. Also featured are performances by jazz great
Nancy Wilson, rapper MC Lyte and others, and cameos by MTV VJ Idalis, Olympic basketball
Gold Medalist Lisa Leslie, music and television producer Russell Simmons, singers Montell Jordan
and Howard Hewitt, and many more.

As they rehearse a scene, "Moesha" star (top) Brandy Norwood (4th from left)
poses with four-member singing group 112, who portray "Q's cousins,"
and MTV VJ Idalis (2nd from left), who portrays herself. On a break
from production, jazz legend (bottom) Nancy Wilson (standing) chats with
"Moesha" stars and fellow musicians Brandy Norwood (left, forefront)
and Fredro Starr (center, forefront). The two-part episode of the series
airs on election night, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 8:00-8:30 p.m. and
9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, on UPN.

On a break from production, "Moesha" stars (left) pose with musical guests A Tribe Called Quest.
Brandy Norwood (rear, 2nd from left), Countess Vaughn (seated, 2nd from left), Shar jackson
(seated, 3rd from left) and Lamont Bently (front, crouching) join the four member group. Jazz
legend Nancy Wilson (right) performs on "A Concerted Effort,) an episode of "Moesha" which
features additional musical guests and celebrity cameos. The episode on which A Tribe Called Quest and Nancy Wilson performs airs in two parts on election night, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 8:00-8:30 p.m.
and 9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, on UPN.