Lil Yachty, Rosalía, Ezra Koenig to star in HBO’s ‘Chillin Island’
Lil Yachty, Rosalía, Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig and more are set to star in the forthcoming HBO series Chillin Island.
The unscripted TV show will be hosted by a trio of rappers – Definitive Jux member Alec ‘Despot’ Reinstein, former Das Racist hypeman Ashok ‘Dap’ Kondabolu, and Aleksey ‘Lakutis’ Weintraub – as they take a range of musicians into the wilderness.
The series is based on the radio series of the same name, which, according to production company Elara Studios, was like “hanging out with rappers and Howard Stern if he was on K”.
The six-episode series launches December 17 on HBO Max, and also features Young Thug, Lil Tecca, Coi Leray, Gunna, Run The Jewels‘ Killer Mike and Ski Mask The Slump God. Check out the trailer below:
The episode descriptions for Chillin Island are as follows:
Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming said: “There’s been an explosion of really inventive TV produced over the past few years, but nothing can prepare you for Chillin Island.
“It’s a brilliant mix of offbeat observations and weirdly funny revelations built around three unconventional hosts, some well-known rappers, and exotic locations. It’s quirky, irreverent, and at times, profound.”
Or, as Ski Mask The Slump God puts it in the trailer, “What the fuck are we doing here?”