Why Issa Rae is one of Fast Company's 10 most innovative people of the last 10 years
Briefly

"I'm going to just stand on that. I don't know anybody else who's been a television and film producer and entrepreneur [who has] successfully prioritized us at every turn."
"The show became a hit among Black millennials for its timeliness and authentic point of view, and Rae became emblematic of an emerging new type of entertainer—the DIY creator who... filled the void herself."
"From the start, Rae made sure that Insecure would function as a launchpad for other Black creators, such as comedians Natasha Rothwell and Yvonne Orji."
"Through Hoorae, she produced Robin Thede's A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO, the first sketch-comedy series featuring an all-Black female cast."
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