So So Def honcho Jermaine Dupri and rapper MC Lyte will be featured in two of  four new shows that BET will debut this year.

According to Daily Variety, Dupri will appear in a docu-reality series titled Brutha which will focus on five brothers in a singing group trying to make it in the music industry.

MC Lyte will be narrating a half hour dating show called The Boot where six young singles and narrowed to a couple.

BET unveiled its line up of new shows for the upcoming season in New York yesterday (April 18).

Other new shows which were announced included an animated series for Marvel Comics' Black Panther and a court show called Judge Karen.