The Rap Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The next big rap star is about to be unleashed when five emerging young hip hop artists, ages 12 to 16 years old, are given the opportunity to rhyme and flow with highly-sought-after producer, Jermaine Dupri in the all-new unscripted series, The Rap Game. These young rappers will be immersed in the Atlanta hip hop scene with Dupri at the helm as their mentor. Queen Latifah and her partner Shakim Compere will executive produce under the Flavor Unit umbrella along with Dupri. Each week, special guests such as Usher, Ludacris, Da Brat, T.I. and Silentó will join Dupri to help mold the kids into the next big, young rap star.

Series details

• Title: The Rap Game
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2016-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-03-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Lifetime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9718
• TVDB ID: 302952

Cast and credited roles

• Jermaine Dupri — Mentor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-02-26; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-07-22; final listed air date 2016-09-23; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-01-13; final listed air date 2017-04-07; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-11-24; final listed air date 2018-02-23.
• Season 5: premiered 2019-01-10; final listed air date 2019-03-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Rap Game on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.