That Was You?! Black Stars We Didn’t Realize Started On “Law & Order” Back In The Day
Idris Elba
Back in 2001, before he played Stringer Bell on “The Wire,” Elba played Lonnie Liston in the episode “3 Dawg Night” from season 12. The premise: “A hip-hop star goes on trial for the murder of a nightclub patron who accused him of being a sellout.” Elba’s character was a nightclub worker who was present at the time of the shooting.