Cardi B and Chance the Rapper are looking for hip hop’s next star.
It’s finally here! This morning, Netflix released its first trailer for what Chance the Rapper calls, “Hip-hop’s first legit TV competition.” Rhythm + Flow will be a three-week-long event airing every Wednesdaywhere Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I. will search for the best undiscovered talent in hip-hip from Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City.
The trailer doesn’t give away much in terms of content, but it certainly seems like this will boil down to a hip-hop version of American Idol or The Voice. Don’t expect to just blow through the whole season in one sitting, though. According to Netflix, the show, which follows amateur rappers vying for American Idol-style stardom, will be one of the only series on the platform to roll out weekly instead of dropping all at once.
According to Deadline, each of the ten, hour-long episodes will follow the judges from Los Angeles to New York to Atlanta to Chicago on their quest to “help undiscovered artists pursue their come up,” and Netflix will roll out each phase of the competition separately over the course of three weeks..
“I’m looking for somebody that when I’m going to my car I’m gonna remember their music, I’m gonna remember their face, I’m gonna remember their personality,” Cardi B said in an Instagram video announcing her role as a judge last November. “We wanna find you, we wanna discover you.”
The first four episodes will focus on the auditions, and are set to drop together on October 9. The next three episodes, where the contestants will shoot music videos and rap battle, will air the following week, and the last three, including the finale, will air on the 23rd. Until then, give the show’s teaser trailer a watch below. Will you be tuned in?