and Philippe Pierre, that meant pulling together a soundtrack of artists that not only reflected Miami’s rap scene but also the strong ties between its main characters.
In the Max show, Shawna has been chasing fame as a solo rapper, and she reunites with her friend Mia to form a rap duo. Together they navigate success, friendship and the lively city of Miami.in the series and how they spent months trying to clear a Drake song, as well as having to change an original song at the last minute due to clearance issues.This was not in the script. They were nice enough to not script Drake.
We had a different song in there and had created a whole song around a different sample, but that sample didn’t get cleared. So we had to completely deconstruct our song and find a new sample. “K-Wang” was on that playlist. It was tough to clear the sample because Khia is not easy to track down. But once we did, she was amazing, and she’s great to work with. We had many writers on the song. We had rappers like Dreezy and PineappleCITI.