Issa Rae married her longtime partner, Louis Diame, a Senegalese businessman in a private ceremony in France in July 2021. Rae first wore her engagement ring publicly on the cover of Essence magazine’s April 2019 issue.
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Rae first gained attention for her work on the YouTube web series, 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.
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Rae has achieved wider recognition as the co-creator, co-writer and star of the HBO television series, Insecure (2016-2021), for which she has been nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Her 2015 memoir, titled, The Misadventure of Awkward Black Girl, became a New York Times best seller. In 2018 and 2022, Rae was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
On October 11, 2019, Google announced that Rae would be an additional voice to the Google Assistant. Users could make Google Assistant speak in Rae’s voice by saying “Ok Google, talk like Issa”. Issa’s voice was available until Friday, October 1, 2021.
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