Issa Rae’s Hometown Honors Her With the Key to Inglewood

I am unable to consider anybody extra deserving of receiving the important thing to their metropolis than Issa Rae. On Feb. 12, the “Insecure” creator turned the primary individual to ever obtain the important thing to Inglewood, CA, within the metropolis’s 114-year historical past, simply forward of Tremendous Bowl Sunday. The “Queen of Inglewood” was honored throughout the metropolis’s Style of Inglewood competition and delivered a touching speech to specific her gratitude.

“I am somewhat emotional; I am making an attempt to be a thug proper now,” she began. “The mayor actually flabbergasted me in that that is the primary key in 114 years. It is an enormous honor, and I simply wish to thanks all a lot in your help. Thanks to the mayor; thanks to town of Inglewood for making it really easy for us to movie right here, for serving to us to showcase this metropolis that I really like a lot . . . I am really honored to obtain this. I’ll at all times placed on for my metropolis. Inglewood, South LA, rise up.”

Rae’s honor was pure manifestation, as her key-to-the-city presentation comes after the same scene that is featured on season 5 of “Insecure.” Throughout a dream sequence in episode eight, Rae’s character, Issa Dee, additionally receives the important thing to Inglewood, offered to her by Tyra Banks. Now that Rae’s staple HBO collection is over, the multihyphenate creator is gearing up for season two of “Candy Life: Los Angeles” and the premiere of her Miami-set comedy collection, “Rap Sh*t,” and she or he’s additionally set to star in Apple TV+’s “Roar.”