New "Chillin Island" Series Featuring Music Industry Icons Premieres On HBO Max

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Dec 17

Get your screens ready as a new series is about to take over! Come December 17, "Chillin Island" will be the latest series to be launched on video streaming platform, HBO Max. "Chillin Island" is a 6 part unscripted series that finds New York City natives and rap personalities Alec “Despot” Reinstein, Ashok “Dap” Kondabolu and Aleksey “Lakutis” Weintraub inviting their friends to join them at the edge of nature.

Together they'll commune in deserts and swamps in a valiant effort to reveal unknowable truths from the dream state of the shared human existence. The series will feature appearances from Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Rosalía, Gunna, Killer Mike, Ski Mask the Slump God, Lil Tecca, Coi Leray, and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koening.

“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,” shared Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.

"Tuning into an episode of Alec, Dap and Lakutis’ Internet radio show was like hanging out with rappers and Howard Stern if he was on K. It was so easy and yet so deep. When Alec approached us to create a TV show with the vibe of their radio show, it only made sense to put them and their guests in the middle of nowhere and ask Steven Wright to be the voice of God,” shared the Elara Pictures team.

"Chillin Island" is executive produced by Alec Reinstein, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Josh Safdie, Oscar Boyson, Adel 'Future the Prince' Nur, Jason Shrier, Anthony Gonzales and co-executive produced by Dave Laven and Matte Babel. It is also executive produced by Dawn Ostroff, Courtney William Holt and Liz Gateley for Spotify. The director of photography is Christopher Messina with original music by E.VAX. The series is narrated by Steven Wright and directed By Xander Robin, Samuel Shainberg, John Paul Lopez-Ali and Audrey Turner.