Happy Blessed Birthday to award winning actress Issa Rae born January 12, 1985.
Rae is an advocate for civil rights and women's rights movements and uses her platform to bring attention to police violence and brutality against African-Americans.
On the red carpet at the 2017 Emmy Awards, Rae told reporters, "I'm rooting for everybody Black." The quote went viral and appeared on T-shirts and in the song "Sue Me" by the rapper Wale.
She's won many awards including (but not limited to Peabody Award, NAACP Image Awards, Streamy Awards and more.
Who remembers that time (May 2022) when Miss Rae appeared on #LegendaryHBOmax wearing a replicated #QueenAkasha costume (from the film vampire horror film #QueenOfTheDamned). Rae has always been a huge fan of Aaliyah's and was seen in her YouTube series, Awkward Black Girl, where she comedically honored Aaliyah in a dream hip-hop cypher.
