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Issa Rae's 'Rap Sh!t' Drops 1st Trailer

Issa Rae's 'Rap Sh!t' Drops 1st Trailer

Published Tue, June 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT

Issa Rae has had fans waiting to check out her big follow-up to HBO's era-defining hit Insecure. The trailer for Rae's highly-anticipated series Rap Sh!t has finally dropped, and the show looks to be a smash.

“I think this is just such a unique time in Hip Hop, especially when it comes to female rappers, because there’s such an abundance, and it doesn’t feel like they’re all in competition with each other,” Issa Rae told Harper's Bazaar. “I’m a child of the ’90s, and there used to always be a tendency to put two women against one another.

“It feels like we’re in an era where there’s such a supportive environment now because of that abundance. All of that, combined with just my own story of coming up, became the next story that I wanted to tell.”

The show is about two Miami high school girls (played by Aida Osman and KaMillion) who decide to pursue a rap career. The series is loosely based on JT and Caresha’s City Girls, who serve as executive producers.

Rae wrote the pilot episode and served as a co-writer on the finale. Rap Sh!t will be streaming on HBO Max on July 21

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