Issa Rae created Awkward Black Girl.
 Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by Black people
 Since its release in 2016, the series has received critical acclaim; Eric Deggans of NPR wrote that "Rae has produced a series that feels revolutionary just by poking fun at the life of an average, twenty-something black woman

