'Snowfall' sequel 'The Drop' pivots from L.A.'s drug game to rap fame

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Set us as preferred Franklin Saint, the young antihero at the center of FX’s blood-soaked “Snowfall,” evolved from crafty entrepreneur to lethal drug kingpin in a journey that was anything but heavenly.Tracing Saint’s rise and fall over six seasons, the final episode was bathed in tragedy.Saint (Damson Idris) was a lost soul, wrecked by alcoholism and poverty.

Many members of his inner circle, including family members, were dead, fugitives or behind bars.His former right-hand man, Leon Simmons (Isaiah John), and Leon’s girlfriend, Wanda Bell (Gail Bean), were striving to rebuild their lives after getting married.The only guide you need for fall entertainment.“Snowfall” became one of FX’s signature series, dramatizing filmmaker John Singleton’s portrait of the complexities of the crack epidemic that wreaked havoc on Black communities.

Idris and producers carried on with Singleton’s vision when the “Boyz n the Hood” writer-director died of a stroke in 2019.More than three years after the finale, FX is launching a fresh chapter on Sept.8 with “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,” pivoting from exploring the effect of crack in the 1980s to depicting the rise of hip-hop in Los Angeles during the 1990s.

(The series will also stream on Hulu.)In the new series, Wanda moves to center stage as she becomes laser-focused on making it big in the music business, convinced that the fledgling rap genre can revolutionize American culture.She is also channeling her strong will to get beyond her addiction to crack, which plagued her in “Snowfall.” She enlists her young cousin Lamar Kinsey (Asante Blackk), a young music prodigy raised by strict religious grandparents, as her vehicle to stardom.

Lamar is also trying to deal with his identity as a Black man living in a community overrun by warring gangs.“What we’re doi...