LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 29: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Brandy Norwood performs onstage during 2026 Recording Academy Honors Presented by The Black Music Collective at Fairmont Century Plaza on January 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS – AUGUST 09: Actress and producer Issa Rae attends HBO Max’s “Seen & Heard Part 2” screening during Martha’s Vineyard African American 23rd Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 09, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS – AUGUST 09: Actress and producer Issa Rae attends HBO Max’s “Seen & Heard Part 2” screening during Martha’s Vineyard African American 23rd Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 09, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 07: Issa Rae attends The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Gala presented by Lifetime on December 07, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 02: Issa Rae attends the US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 02, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images) (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 27: (L-R) Lena Waithe and Issa Rae attend the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 29: Malcolm-Jamal Warner attends SCAD aTVfest 2020 – In Conversation With Malcolm-Jamal Warner on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for SCAD aTVfest 2020)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 07: Issa Rae attends The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Gala presented by Lifetime on December 07, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)
HOUSTON, TEXAS – JANUARY 15: Issa Rae at the One Of Them Days Houston Influencer Screening on January 15, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images for “One Of Them Days” Houston )
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 03: Shonda Rhimes speaks onstage during the BAFTA Honours Shonda Rhimes Presented By Netflix, Delta Air Lines, And Virgin Atlantic at the Midnight Theatre & Hidden Leaf Restaurant on May 03, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for BAFTA)
