Joe Morton, Rhyon Nicole Brown Latest To Join Fox Drama Series ‘Our Kind Of People’

Emmy winner Joe Morton and Empire alumna Rhyon Nicole Brown are the latest talent added to the Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star). They join a cast that also includes Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, LaToya Luckett and Alana Bright. Tasha Smith (911, P-Valley) will direct the first episode.

Our Kind of People is set in the Oak Bluffs enclave of Martha’s Vineyard — a historical stronghold for a set of elite Black families. The drama is inspired from the book Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham.

Written by Gist, the series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for more than 50 years. Our Kind of People follows strong-willed single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of Black women. But she soon discovers a dark secret about her mother’s past that will turn her world upside-down and shake up this community forever.

Brown will play Lauren Dupont, Leah (Luckett) and Raymond’s (Chestnut) daughter, a beautiful and ultra-privileged girl who rules the young social set of The Bluffs and is an established social media influencer. She takes an instant dislike to Angela’s (DaCosta) daughter Nikki (Bright), who has the audacity to call her out for her public rudeness. However, behind the scenes, she is trying to come to terms with her identity as a queer woman of color in her conservative community, and when Nikki discovers her secret, Lauren’s antipathy for the newcomer grows.

Morton will play Teddy Franklin, Leah’s (Luckett) “smooth as butter, smart as a whip” father. Born into money, Teddy grew his family’s sanitation company into one of the biggest holding companies in the world. When Leah takes him to task for buying out Black-owned properties on the cheap, he reminds her where her privilege and wealth came from. He also has an arcane connection to Angela’s past.