【Philippines Archives】

Luke Cage's setting in Harlem,Philippines Archives a neighborhood famous for its musical history, gives the show a perfect opportunity to feature some of the African American's community's best musicians and artists.

Season 1 set a precedent with guests like Method Man and Jidenna, but Season 2 upped the ante by inviting more legends to perform at Harlem's Paradise and otherwise. This is everyone who showed up in the second season.

Episode 1 — Joi, Donald Harrison, D-Nice

Joi is the first featured artist to perform at Harlem's Paradise in season 2 and she makes a big impression with an enormous feathered collar and Cockroach's description of her as "svelte... thick and thin at the same time." D-Nice and Donald Harrison also perform at the club.

Episode 2 — Gary Clark Jr.

Clark Jr. performs at Harlem's Paradise. Fun fact: He also appeared on an episode of Friday Night Lights.

Episode 3 — Esperanza Spalding

Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding doesn't grace the stage of Harlem's Paradise, but she does perform at Mariah's party at the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Episode 4 — Kingfish

Kingfish is the blues guitar virtuoso who goes through a soundcheck at Harlem's Paradise and later performs. Man's got good riffs.

Episode 5 — Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge

Adrian Younge is a composer and producer who performs alongside Ghostface Killah at that awful party Luke attends. Luke makes a comment that Method Man, Ghostface's fellow member of the Wu-Tang Clan, wrote the in-universe Luke Cage rap last season.

Episode 7 — Stephen Marley

Stephen Marley, son of Bob, does a soundcheck and later performs at Harlem's paradise. The song he soundchecks with, "You're Gonna Leave," also played in Episode 6.

Episode 10 — Jadakiss, Faith Evans

The queen herself Faith Evans performs at Harlem's Paradise, backed up by Jadakiss. She also performed early on in Season 1. Here's hoping there's a deleted scene where Mariah shows Faith the giant portrait of her ex-husband Biggie that hangs in the office.

Episode 12 — KRS-One

Poor KRS-One's set at Harlem's Paradise gets interrupted when everything goes to hell. He was really killing it up there too.

Episode 13 — Adrian Younge (again, this time with Ali Shaheed Muhammed), Rakim

Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and producer Adrian Younge perform a song called "King's Paradise" as the final musical guests of the new season in Harlem's Paradise.

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