VIDEO : Lena Waithe?s New Showtime Series Debuts Trailer

Fresh off Lena Waithe?s historic Emmy win, Showtime has released the first teaser trailer for her new drama series The Chi.
According to Showtime, the series ?explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago.?
Waithe grew up on the South Side herself.
told the Chicago Tribune recently.
?My family still lives in Chicago, my mother, my sister, my nephew, my family is there. So even though I am not living there, I feel very close to it