HBO Max developing Motherland Bounce, a comedy based on Hasidic rapper Nissim Black

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Motherland Bounce, named after his song of the same name, is the story of Black’s spiritual quest as the former gangster rapper becomes the world’s first Black Chassidic Jewish hip hop star. Writer/comedian Moshe Kasher created the potential series, with The Gilded Age executive producer/director Salli Richardson-Whitfield on board as director and executive producer. Born in Seattle, Nissim Black has become one of the most recognizable faces in Israeli hip-hop.