Meet the Characters of 'Chi-Raq'1 of 9
Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris) is a beautiful, young woman living in Chicago's South Side who is in love with an aspiring rapper named Demtrius "Chi-Raq" Dupree (Nick Cannon). While Chi-Raq is becoming more influential as a singer and as a gang leader, Lysistrata becomes increasingly disturbed by the escalating violence in her neighborhood. In protest, she organizes a sex strike that takes on a life of its own, in her community and around the world.
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