Underneath the actress’ insecure comic persona lies the fearless heart of a serial entrepreneur. She has parlayed a film and television career into a jewelry collection, a haircare company, a Prosecco brand—and counting.
Empire Builder: “It happened organically," Rae says of her business ventures,"and it happened because these were things that we were all already doing.” A portrait of a modern renaissance woman.a bright September afternoon in the middle of New York Fashion Week, Issa Rae is sitting on a rooftop patio at Soho’s 11 Howard Hotel showing off her latest project: a 22-piece jewelry line produced with Cast, the San Francisco–based fine jewelry business.
Mo Ivory, director of the Center for Entertainment, Sports and IP Law at the Georgia State University College of Law, gives Rae more credit than that. Last year, Ivory taught a law class about the structures of Rae’s business deals and says that compared to other performers her students have studied for the class—including Rick Ross and Ludacris—Rae has never compromised her creative control in exchange for a leg up in Hollywood or a bigger check.
In high school, Rae originally wanted to follow in her father’s medical footsteps but fell in love with theater instead. She graduated from Stanford and, after a brief stint in New York, returned home to Southern California to launch Awkward Black Girl. “I think about the opportunity she gave me. Now will say, ‘We really want a Yvonne Orji type.’ And I was not a ‘type’ 10 years ago!” Orji says. “She will always give someone the alley-oop. It is up to them to slam-dunk it.”
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