Issa Rae says DEI is a 'bad word' in Hollywood

Issa Rae recently told The Wrap that "Hollywood is in an identity crisis right now" and is experiencing a downturn in ...

Issa Rae has a trick for pushing diverse projects in an anti-DEI industry. Her advice is going viral

The ‘Insecure’ star and founder of Hoorae Media says that as DEI has ‘become a bad word’ in Hollywood, creatives need to get ...
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Issa Rae reveals it only cost $25 to launch her career on YouTube

Issa Rae has come a long way from the days of her YouTube series “Awkward Black Girl,” but without the guts to upload and $25, she may not have ever realized her dream. During a recent appearance on ...

Issa Rae Says DEI Has Become "A Bad Word" In Hollywood

A decade after her groundbreaking HBO series Insecure premiered, Issa Rae sees the industry backsliding into a lack of ...

Creatorverse: Issa Rae says Hollywood's 'identity crisis' is leading the industry to creators

Hey Creatorverse readers, When Issa Rae posted the first episode of "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl" on YouTube in ...
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Issa Rae talks HBO's "Insecure" and "Awkward Black Girl" empire

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Writer, producer and actress Issa Rae joined GMW to talk all about her new HBO hit comedy “Insecure." Many know Rae from her best-selling book “The Misadventures of Awkward Black ...
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Issa Rae on Being “Black and Awkward”

When a friend called Issa Rae "black and awkward” and told her those were the worst things that a person could be, it stung a little. But then, she decided to own it. Issa Rae has since parlayed her ...
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Awkward Black Girl Issa Rae Secures an HBO Pilot Deal for Her New Show, Insecure

We got just a … little … bit … closer to Issa Rae’s becoming a reality on our premium cable when we learned that HBO has officially ordered a pilot of her new ...