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Aug 2022
57m 25s

Issa Rae - 'Insecure' & 'Rap Sh!t'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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"The voice of millennial Black women for more than a decade," in the words of The Washington Post, reflects on how she became enamored with TV, the robbery that inspired her web series 'The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl' and how that show, along with Larry Wilmore and Prentice Penny, shaped her five-season masterpiece for HBO, the first premium cable scripted series ever created by and starring a Black woman.

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