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Issa Rae

49 quotesScreenwriter · Born Jan 12, 1985 · Died Sep 20, 2017 · United States Of America · Female

Jo-Issa "Issa" Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985) is an American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator. She is best known as the creator of the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since the premiere of Awkward Black Girl, Rae has developed her own YouTube platform where she features various content created by people of color. Rae's shows have garnered over 20 million views and over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube. As of October 2016, Rae is the creator, co-writer and star of the HBO series Insecure, which is partially based on Awkward Black Girl. 2Early life Rae was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Dr. Abdoulaye Diop, is a pediatric doctor from Senegal, and her mother, Delyna Diop (née Hayward), is a teacher from Louisiana. Rae's parents met in France, when they were both in school. She has four sibling

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From “Issa Rae Turns Basic Into Revolutionary With 'Insecure'”

It's so basic ... but we don't get to do that. We don't get to just have a show about regular black people being basic.

Basic

From “Issa Rae Talks Sex Scenes and Black Female Friendship”

It feels like I’m cheating but I tapped into my real life friendships, you know? I have a lot of best friends and I thought, Which of those friends could portray this particular friendship [at the center of the show]?

From “Insecure as F**k”

Issa: Why you assuming I like Drake? Daniel: Every black girl that went to college likes Drake. Issa: He just really gets us.

Drake Black Women Women Of Color Pop Culture College

Issa: Why you assuming I like Drake? Daniel: Every black girl that went to college likes Drake. Issa: He just really gets us.

Drake Black Women Women Of Color Pop Culture College

Issa: I’m starting to resent him. Like I spent my entire 20’s with a guy I’m not even gonna end up with. Molly: I mean, well you’re still 29, you have one more year. Issa: Bitch, you’re right. I don’t have time for the bullshit anymore. Molly: What are you saying? Issa: I’m breaking up with him…

Resent Dating Relationships break ups humor

Issa: I’m starting to resent him. Like I spent my entire 20’s with a guy I’m not even gonna end up with. Molly: I mean, well you’re still 29, you have one more year. Issa: Bitch, you’re right. I don’t have time for the bullshit anymore. Molly: What are you saying? Issa: I’m breaking up with him…

Resent Dating Relationships break ups humor

Black women aren’t bitter, they’re just tired of being expected to settle for less.

Black Women Women Of Color Bitter Tired settle

Black women aren’t bitter, they’re just tired of being expected to settle for less.

Black Women Women Of Color Bitter Tired settle

From “Messy as F**k”

Maybe I want to ask a nigga what he wants for breakfast and he replies, 'That pussy,' and he's talking about me, girl!

Sex breakfast Hook Up Sexy

Maybe I want to ask a nigga what he wants for breakfast and he replies, 'That pussy,' and he's talking about me, girl!

Sex breakfast Hook Up Sexy

Do you want your man or not? Do you know your plans or not? You gon' back home or not? You gon' claim your throne or not? Is you Khaleesi? Or that other bitch whose name I don't remember?

Khaleesi Game of Thrones Pop Culture TV Rap

Do you want your man or not? Do you know your plans or not? You gon' back home or not? You gon' claim your throne or not? Is you Khaleesi? Or that other bitch whose name I don't remember?

Khaleesi Game of Thrones Pop Culture TV Rap

Molly: You gotta fuck a lot of frogs to get a good frog. Issa: That’s not the saying. Or any saying.

Fuck Sex Frogs Prince Charming saying

From “Racist as F**k”

Ken: Why don’t more of them swim? Issa: Slavery.

Slavery Black Swim Children humor

From “Shady as F**k”

Molly: How did the kids find it in the first place? Issa: Daniel! He was talking about what a great rapper that I was and the kids must have Googled me. Stupid smart as fuck researching ass kids.

Rap kids Rapper Google The internet

From “Guilty as F**k”

I'm just saying why can't black men explore their sexuality without being labeled as gay or bi or whatever?

back men sexuality Labels LGBTQ gay

Molly: Chrissy Teigen has a dope-ass cookbook. Issa: Are you in the kitchen? Please get the fuck out.

explicit swearing kitchen Cooking chrissy teigen

From “Real as F**k”

Listen here, you gent, Columbus motherfucker. If you don't stay the fuck away... I don't know why I told you about this neighborhood because y'all take everything! Can we have anything?! Leave!

Columbus Race racism Gentrification Gent

Have you noticed, Molly, that the common denominator in all your ‘can’t find a man’ bullshit is you? Yeah, let’s do the nigga rundown, Molly. One minute he’s too thirsty, the next minute he’s too distant. The next he’s too gay. And then when you find someone you actually like, you ruin it by doing…

romance Relationships Dating explicit swearing

From “Broken as F**k”

Issa: Some other day, some shit went down — Kelli: Girl, did he hit you? Issa: What? No. Kelli: Okay, I like Lawrence, but I will go ape on that nigga, okay? Does he have a car? Issa: Kelli. Kelli: I'm gonna fuck that up first. Issa: He did not hit me. Okay? We're — we're just going through this,…

Relationships Abuse pregnant hit explicit

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