Seeing black people in college was really cool; it was just a different dimension to us.

I lovedFresh PrinceandLiving Singlefor their comedy and wanted friends like [the characters].

She was deadpan in a way that reminded me ofDaria, which just cracked me up.

Insecure (Fall, HBO)

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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

MUSIC

DRAKE

We used to have a Drake lyric in every episode ofAwkward Black Girl.

It was my own personal Easter egg.

He has a way of being the soundtrack to my life.

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He has a real knack for knowing whats going on, kind of like a music psychic.

LIL KIM

It took me a while to embrace her because I was a prude child.

I was kind of goody-goody, and her lyrics were mad nasty.

I am this girl.