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Issa Rae
Jo-Issa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), known as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator. She first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. She subsequently gained further recognition for creating, co-writing, and starring in the HBO television series Insecure. For her acting work on Insecure, she has received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
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variety.comIssa Rae told Variety, “I’m rooting for everybody Black.” The interview went viral, with memes, GIFs and unauthorized merchandise featuring her one-liner flooding the internet.It was a candid moment for the multi-hyphenate star, but her actions back up the sentiment.
From the stories she tells on-screen to how she promotes and has launched Black-owned businesses and, most evidently, in the talent she works to elevate, Rae is indeed rooting for everybody Black and using her celebrity to make that possible.So, when Black Lives Matter reached out to Rae last summer to create a line of T-shirts using her quip as a slogan, she was quick to greenlight the project.
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