You’ll be hearing a lot about Jacob Latimore — and not just regarding his breakout role as Emmett on Showtime’s “The Chi.”

Latimore, 22, also co-stars in the Netflix rom-com “The Last Summer,” premiering May 3, one day after he launches a national tour in support of his new album, “Connection Pt. 2.” He’ll also be at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend for “Gully,” a dystopian drama set in LA in which he co-stars with Charlie Plummer and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

“‘The Chi’ has impacted me in different ways as a show speaking for people who didn’t have a voice and what TV needed and was missing,” says Latimore, who also filmed a role for an Apple TV series (which he can’t talk about yet). “Honestly, this is the first [acting] job I’ve done where I can relate to a young kid like me . . . and is probably the rawest form of acting I’ve ever done on TV. I think that’s why it’s making such an impact.”

Emmett has taken big steps toward adulthood in Season 2 of Lena Waithe’s ensemble drama about a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He’s on his own after his mother, Jada (Yolonda Ross), kicked him out of the house, he’s agreed to pay child support for his young son EJ and he’s managing Sonny’s Chicken Pit after owner Sonny (Cedric Young) suffered a stroke.

“We’re definitely going to see Emmett take those mature steps forward,” Latimore says. “It seems like every time he takes a step forward there’s something new and challenging he has to wrap his mind around. He’s becoming an adult for the first time. He’s just hustling, and what I love about him is that he’s written in a way where . . . he’s kept his innocence. Most kids, when they can’t find any money in the neighborhood, the first thing they do is drug-dealing but he’s made money in weird ways. He’s doing illegal things, maybe, but they’re not hardcore and he still has an innocence about him.

“He’s a young hustler who’s charming and tries to get his way by using his charm.”

Latimore says he made a conscious effort to expand his acting career with “The Last Summer,” a traditional rom-com about a group of recent high-school graduates spending their summer before starting college (co-stars include KJ Apa, Sosie Bacon, Tyler Posey and Halston Sage). “Some people would call [‘The Last Summer’] a generic concept . . . but these are the types of movies I used to love watching as a teenager,” says the Milwaukee native. “I feel like some of my fans didn’t expect me to do a film like ‘The Last Summer’ but I’m the only black guy in the film and I wanted to put myself in those different shoes . . . as a young black guy who grew up in a white neighborhood.”

“Connection Pt. 2” marks Latimore’s second album (“Connection” peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard charts). “It’s really one of my first tours headlining and not opening for another act he says. “These shows are going to be up close and personal in small venues. I think R&B is definitely the foundation of my sound — it was in my household, and my dad and uncles started out singing gospel — and I grew up in a house of R&B singers.

“The whole ‘Connection’ series is R&B-driven,” he says. “It’s coming from a real place. I’m talking about real experiences this time around — I go through heartbreak, insecurities. It’s coming from a real place.”

“The Chi” 10 p.m. Sunday on Showtime