Though Caresha “Young Miami” Brownlee and Jatavia “JT” Johnson of the rap group the City Girls are from Miami and they are executive producers on Rap Sh!t, this is not their story. “It’s not the City Girls story,” Rae said. “A lot of people think that this is, and there are EPS on the show, and we’re really excited to have their support.”

Rap Sh!t debuted at American Black Film Festival on June 18, 2022. The series premieres on HBO Max on July 21.

Aramide A. Tinubu is a film critic, consultant and entertainment editor. As a journalist, her work has been published in Netflix’s Tudum, EBONY, JET, ESSENCE, Bustle, The Daily Mail, IndieWire and Blavity. She wrote her master’s thesis on Black Girlhood and Parental Loss in Contemporary Black American Cinema. She’s a cinephile, bookworm, blogger and NYU + Columbia University alum. You can find her reviews on Rotten Tomatoes or A Word With Aramide or tweet her @wordwitharamide.