Jack Harlow is set to star alongside Matt Damon in the forthcoming Apple TV+ series The Instigators, and the first trailer for the crime comedy has officially landed.
Released on Thursday (June 13), the clip drops fans into the world of an ex-Marine named Rory (Damon) who wants to pull off a heist with Harlow, Casey Affleck and more – for a price.
The Instigators hits Apple TV+ on August 9. In addition to the aforementioned names, Alfred Molina, Paul Walter Hauser, Ron Perlman and more also appear.
Get into the trailer below.
The series will follow Jack Harlow’s 2023 acting debut in a reboot of White Men Can’t Jumpalongside the late Lance Reddick, Teyana Taylor, Laura Harrier and Vince Staples.
Talking to Zane Lowe about acting in 2022, Harlow said, “It’s either just going to be there was an announcement you were in a movie and nothing else, or you get that, and it’s like, ‘Wow, and you brought it. You brought it. So, I’m starting to look at it how I look at the music, and it’s my first one, so I care a lot about it.”
The Louisville rapper has been on go mode since last year. In addition to the film, he also released his third album Jackman in April of last year. He followed it up with a collab with K-Pop star Jung Kook, an arena tour in his home state of Kentucky, and a chart-topping single with “Lovin On Me.”
The track spent weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and even prevented both Beyoncé and Kanye West from debuting at No. 1 with their respective singles earlier this year. Harlow narrowly beat out Bey’s surprise country single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” while Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign‘s “Carnival” debuted at No. 3 in late February.
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That same month, he became the only rapper other than Drake to bag a top spot on the aforementioned list for four consecutive years. He previously secured the top spot for his feature on Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” in 2021, “First Class” in 2022, and “Lovin On Me” in 2023.
Harlow originally unveiled the new single back in November of 2023.
The rapper acknowledged the song as the beginning of a “new era” for his career as he wrote on Twitter: “Thank u for allowing me to reset this year. I moved back to Kentucky and gave u an album I could not have made on the road.
“Surrounded by family & childhood friends this has been one of the happiest years of my life. But now… a new era begins.”
