Max announced today that Rap Sh!t fans will have to wait three more months until they’re finally able to watch Season 2. Originally slated for an August 10 premiere, the series created by Issa Rae (Insecure) will now come to the streaming platform on November 9. Rap Sh!t will premiere with two episodes and new episodes will roll out weekly until December 21.

The series centers around a duo of Black singers who do their best to survive and thrive in the music industry. In Season 2, we’ll get to see Mia (KaMillion) and Shawna (Aida Osman) go on tour as they see their career take off – but that means they’ll also have to deal with problems they never saw coming.

We’ve learned the shift in release dates is directly related to the ongoing actors’ and writers’ strike. The show has been shifted to later in the year with the hope that the strike will be resolved by that date. The stoppage has already affected the production of most TV series and movies in Hollywood, which has already prompted studios to modify the release dates of several of its titles. The change in Rap Sh!t Season 2 will probably fill a gap that Max will have at the end of the year.

The cast of Rap Sh!t also features Jonica Booth (Mrs. Davis) as Chastity, RJ Cyler (Power Rangers) as Lamont and Daniel Augustin (How I Met Your Father) as Maurice. Season 2 is showrun by Syreeta Singleton, who was also a writer on Issa Rae’s breakout series Insecure – which you can now stream on Netflix – and Apple TV+ animated musical comedy Central Park.

Max premieres Season 2 of Rap Sh!t on November 9 with two episodes. The additional 6 episodes are set to roll out weekly every Thursday. You can watch a trailer (with the old release date) below:

Check out the official synopsis here:

RAP SH!T follows two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna and Mia, who reunite to form a rap group. In their rise to fame, Shawna and Mia find themselves at a pivotal moment in their rap career as they are forced to decide if they will stay true to themselves or conform to the demands of the music industry.

via Collider