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Rap Sh!t Creators, Issa Rae & Syreeta Singleton, Play A Game of Finish the Lyric
The producers of the Max original series joined us for a bit of fun and freestyle. Season 2 of Rap Sh!t is streaming now.
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2023 NAACP Image Awards’ Red Carpet Sparkled With A-Listers [Updated]
The live event, which aired Saturday night, was the culmination of a week-long celebration of Black excellence.
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2022 Emmys Red Carpet Looks
The Emmys celebrate the most talented and best in television and media. Here are the Black celebrities who showed out on the red carpet with their best fits.
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Will Smith, Ariana DeBose Take Home Critics Choice, BAFTA Awards [UPDATED]
Smith continues his domination of awards season with two more wins for his performance in King Richard.
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Hella Married: Issa Rae Posts Wedding Pics—in the Most Issa Rae Manner Ever
The Insecure creator and star seemingly announced her marriage on Monday morning—or did she?
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We Outside at the 2021 BET Awards!
BET Awards host Taraji P. Henson made sure we knew it was the Year of the Black Woman!
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Issa Rae Reveals How Nipsey Hussle Helped Her Mend Fences With Lauren London
America’s favorite Awkward Black Girl and creative multi-hyphenate Issa Rae is such a breath of fresh air. Whether that’s due to her on-point comedic delivery skills or infectious smile, it’s clear that the Insecure and Little star has mastered the art of being authentically herself. But sometimes that authenticity gets misconstrued, no matter how well…
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Rap Sh*t: HBO Max Announces New Comedy Series Order from Issa Rae
City Girls from the 305 and beyond, we’re about to get a new series from Issa Rae and it sounds lit AF! Per a press release sent to The Root, HBO Max has given an eight episode order to a half-hour comedy series from Rae, currently titled Rap Sh*t. Rae will pen the pilot script and…