Rap Sh!t, Issa Rae’s recently canceled dramedy, skewered the music business with wry and imperfect insight.⁠ ⁠ The joy of Rap Sh!t is in its disempowerment. That isn’t to say Shawna and Mia, the hip-hop duo at the heart of the show, don’t find success — where things leave off at the end of season 2, their rise to national notoriety seems inevitable, if burgeoning. But every victory is hard-won, marred by mistakes or moral compromise. If rap music sells us the notion of the rapper as superhuman and superlucky, Rap Sh!t recognizes the rapper as exploited and exploitative. A dream job is still a job.⁠ ⁠ Read our review and post-mortem of Rap Sh!t at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️ Vivian Medithi ⁠ ⁠ #RapShit #IssaRae