Netflix launches hip-hop reality show ‘Rhythm + Flow’, with Cardi B and Chance the Rapper as judges

Netflix has premiered its first reality talent competition: hip-hop show Rhythm + Flow

The series follows judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. as they search for rap talent in the United States

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Cardi B and T.I. in Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow. Photo: Adam Rose/Netflix

Published: 10:00pm, 15 Oct 2019Updated: 2:38am, 16 Oct 2019

Like many viewers during the height of American Idol fever over a decade ago, Cardi B was glued to the TV, imagining what kind of judge she would be.

“Everybody always wanted to be a judge on one of those shows. You see Simon Cowell and you think, ‘I can do that’,” she says in her thick Bronx accent before letting out a sinister cackle and clinking together nude-painted fingernails.

Now, ahead of her anticipated second record, Cardi, 26, is trying her hand at reality television judging alongside Chance the Rapper and Tip “T.I.” Harris on Netflix’s first foray into music-based competition shows, Rhythm + Flow.

“A lot of people wonder how was I going to judge a competition, because I’m so new,” Cardi says, “but I know a hit record when I hear one.”

Lupe Fiasco (left) and Chance the Rapper in a still from Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow. Photo: Parrish Lewis/Netflix

Her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, won best rap album at the 2019 Grammy Awards and is still on the Billboard 200 after 78 weeks on the chart.

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