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Issa Rae has been awarded the key to the city of her native Inglewood, becoming the first person ever to be granted the prestigious honor, per the Hollywood Reporter. The Insecure co-creator received the key at the Taste of Inglewood festival on Saturday, which took place across the street from SoFi Stadium, the site of Super Bowl LVI. […]
For many avid TV watchers and fans of limited series, HBO has long been associated with quality, engaging content. As a recent tweet from Wosny Lambre succinctly put it, “9/10 times I watch a Netflix original and think to myself ‘HBO would never air this shit.’” While Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime (not to mention […]
Issa Rae had some choice words about the inner workings of the music industry and its more corrupt attributes. The Insecure star and creator sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss how she curated music for the hit’s show final season, and during their conversation Rae unloaded on how she believes the Hollywood-adjacent industry is full of “archaic mentalities” and why […]
HBO’s Insecure has been a lot—a platform for Issa Rae to turn the game up to the next level, one of the funniest (and most drama-filled) shows on television, and, when all else failed, it was an amazing space for beautiful music. Issa Rae’s been a music head—Raedio was born during her work on Insecure—and it’s been dope […]
Saweetie, whose debut studio full-length remains forthcoming, shared a new song on Friday that was previously teased in a Beats By Dre ad. The new track, titled “Get It Girl,” is taken from the soundtrack for the final season of Issa Rae’s acclaimed HBO comedy Insecure. The latest from the Icy artist and recent Complex cover star […]
Issa Rae has announced her marriage to fiancé Louis Diame, joking to her Instagram followers early Monday that the wedding marked an “impromptu photo shoot in a custom [Vera Wang] dress.” In the post, which also included a number of photos shot by Lauren Fair, the Insecure co-creator and star also joked that her friends showed up to offer their […]
If you’re anything like me, you can spend an absurd amount of time running back one-liners from a dope character on a series that may have nothing to do with the actual plot. That’s been my relationship with Tristen J. Winger, aka Thug Yoda from HBO’s Insecure (which is ending with its fifth and final season). The […]
Issa Rae has revealed the surprising inspiration behind her Rap Sh*t comedy series. In her new cover story for Rolling Stone, the entertainment multi-hyphenate confirmed she began writing the show in response to Jermaine Dupri’s controversial comments about women MCs. Durpi faced widespread backlash in 2019, when he suggested the new wave of female rappers were indistinguishable and unworthy of a hip-hop […]
Issa Rae’s breakthrough HBO series Insecure is coming to an end with its fifth season. HBO Programming Executive Vice President Amy Gravitt announced the end of the show on Wednesday. To coincide with the announcement, it has also been revealed that the season has already been written and will go into production this month. Rae, Yvonne Orji, […]
Insecure star Yvonne Orji joins Watch Less ahead of the June 6 premiere of her debut HBO stand-up special, Momma I Made It. She dives into talking about her Nigerian roots, how she got her start in stand-up, and of course addresses the Molly/Issa conflict of Insecure Season 4. Before that, Frazier and Khal reflect on the […]
