Brandy Salutes Issa Rae on Her GQ ’90s Black TV Icons Photo Shoot
Issa Rae is on the cover of GQ’s 2018 Comedy Issue. While her front cover shot is well deserved, inside the mag, the Insecure creator delivers a wonderful tribute to the black sitcom stars of the 1990s.
For the spread, Rae portrays a variety of characters from your beloved black sitcoms. In particular, the actress dons a long braids hairstyle to portray Brandy in her hit show Moesha.
Brandy herself caught wind of the photo and was thrilled to see Rae portray her for GQ magazine. "[Issa Rae] you’re such a beautiful spirit. Thank you for portraying me in your @GQMagazine shoot," she wrote on her Instagram page with the hashtags #BlackTvIcons and #MoEsha.
Rae paid tribute to several other different characters. She portrayed Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Kadeem Hardison's character Dwayne Wayne from A Different World and Steve Urkel from Family Matters.
Check out Issa Rae's GQ photo shoot below and her full interview here.
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