Happy Birthday, Issa Rae!

Happy Birthday, <br />Issa Rae!.<br />Jo-Issa Rae Diop turns <br />39 years old today.<br />Here are five things you <br />may not have known <br />about the comedian.<br />1. Her name, Jo-Issa, is <br />based on her grandmothers’ <br />names, Joyce and Isseu.<br />2. Rae got her big break on YouTube from her popular web series, 'Awkward Black Girl.'.<br />3. Her memoir, <br />‘The Misadventures of <br />Awkward Black Girl,' is a <br />'New York Times' best seller.<br />4. She would cast Marsai Martin <br />to be in a movie about her life.<br />5. Rae’s favorite fast-food <br />chain is Taco Bell.<br />Happy Birthday, <br />Issa Rae!