The eight-episode first season will launch on Tuesday, September 8 at 9/8c. on FX and Hulu. Episodes will be released weekly on both the linear channel and streaming platform.
The drama follows Snowfall characters Wanda Bell (Bean) and Leon Simmons (John) as they fight to reinvent themselves in 90s Los Angeles, where the fallout from the crack epidemic is fueling a new game: the rise of West Coast rap.
Wanda starts the series driven by the clear belief that West Coast rap has the power to reshape American culture. She will work to put together a ragtag group of geniuses and lead them to the realization of all their dreams. To do it, she must navigate the dangerous overlap of music and street politics, pulling in those closest to her including her cousins Lamar Kinsey and James Kinsey and pursuing volatile local rapper Artillery, who is already in a tangle with law enforcement.
Her internship with former D-boy-turned-label-owner Darryl "DG" Grant creates opportunities but also deepens tensions between Wanda and Leon, who has vowed to leave the streets for good and chase down his own atonement through his free legal clinic. As ambition, loyalty, and survival collide, how much is everyone willing to risk in order to build something lasting in a world that threatens to pull them down?
In addition to Bean and John, the drama stars Asante Blackk, Peyton Alex Smith, Simmie "Buddy" Sims III, Brandon Mychal Smith, Mykelti Williamson, Nicki Micheaux, Isidora Goreshter, Eric Balfour, Richard Portnow, Zaire Adams, Demetrius Grosse and Quincy Chad.
Malcolm Spellman created the drama. He executive produces with Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London, Trevor Engelson and Paul Garnes. FX Productions produces.
