The Drop: A Snowfall Saga

Matt Roush says...

In a sequel to FX’s acclaimed drug-trade drama Snowfall, series-regular characters Wanda Bell (the arresting Gail Bean) and former crack-dealing deputy Leon Simmons (Isaiah John) have cleaned up their act. But in 1990, the streets of L.A. are just as mean, and the business they’re now exploring — West Coast rap — is nearly as cutthroat. The ambitious Wanda is interning for former D-boy Darryl “DG” Grant (Brandon Mychal Smith), who has his own label with Macroscope Records, but she struggles to get his or any record exec’s ear to pay attention to her new discovery, her musically gifted cousin Lamar (Asante Blackk). In the premiere, she and Lamar’s brother James (Peyton Alex Smith) venture into dangerous gang territory to get Lamar’s latest track heard by the controversial rapper Artillery (Simmie “Buddy” Sims III), whose latest anti-cop screed has put a target on his back.

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