HBO Orders Issa Rae Comedy ‘Rap Sh*t’

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Series about estranged high school pals in Miami who form hip-hop duo

Issa Rae
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HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of Issa Rae comedy Rap Sh*t (working title). The series follows two estranged high school friends from Miami who reunite to form a rap duo. Syreeta Singleton is executive producer and showrunner and the hip-hop duo Yung Miami and JT of City Girls are co-executive producers. 

Production is scheduled to begin in the summer. 

Rae created the HBO comedy Insecure alongside Larry Wilmore. That show debuted in 2016 and will have run for five seasons. She’s writing the pilot for Rap Sh*t. 

Also executive producing Rap Sh*t are Montrel McKay for Rae’s production company Hoorae and Jonathan Berry and Dave Becky for 3 Arts Entertainment, 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.