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Rae: Photo by Gabe Ginsberg\/Getty Images); Young-White: Photo by Leon Bennett\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While we are all preparing for our tear-jerking farewells to<\/span> Insecure<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span> Issa Rae<\/span><\/a> \u2014 who helms the<\/span> HBO<\/span><\/a> hit series as executive producer, creator and star \u2014 is doing precisely what we expect of the comedic magnate: foraying into yet <\/span>another<\/span><\/i> project. This time, she\u2019s teaming up with the internet\u2019s<\/span> endearing troll Jaboukie Young-White<\/span><\/a>, mononymously known as<\/span> Jaboukie<\/span><\/a>, for an HBO series adaptation of Vanessa R. Panfil\u2019s novel <\/span>The Gang\u2019s All Queer: The Lives Of Gay Gang Members<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For the untitled development of the half-hour series, Rae executive produces while Young-White lends his pen to the screenplay. According to AV Club<\/em><\/a>, the show is set to explore how a closeted twenty-something Chicagoan ditches college to find reckless closure amidst\u00a0grieving a gang-related death. Published in 2017,\u00a0The Gang\u2019s All Queer<\/em> centered the interviews of gay gang members or criminally-involved men to explore the complexities of criminology\u2019s hyper masculine portrayal of gang life and the oft-overlooked intersectionality of their identities. Moreover, the novel is vividly disrupts that narratives that gloss surfaced perceptions of gang members. Young-White executive produces with Rae and Montrel McKay for Hoorae (Rae\u2019s media label under Warner Media) and Jonathan Berry, Olivia Gerke and Dave Becky for 3 Arts. Hoorae\u2019s Sara Rastogi will serve as co-executive producer.<\/p>\n

And if you haven\u2019t been briefed on the never-ending bevy of projects, need we remind you that Rae is a sensation by all means and we\u2019re absolutely here for her promising longevity both on screen and behind the scenes. Just last week, the 36-year-old announced that she would joining the Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming sequel<\/a> to\u00a0Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse\u00a0<\/em>to star opposite Shameik Moore, whose reprising his portrayal of Myles Morales\/Spider-Man, as Jessica Drew AKA Spider-Woman. In addition to this latest casting, her upcoming projects include a Baldwin Hills-inspired docuseries titled Sweet Life<\/em>, an adaptation of the podcast Nice White Parents, an Italian-based dramedy Perfect Strangers<\/em> (which she\u2019ll appear in) and executive producing the third season of the Emmy-nominated series A Black Lady Sketch Show<\/em>. Rae is also reviving Matt Damon and Ben Affleck\u2019s Project Greenligh<\/em>t on HBO Max. The docuseries was previously cancelled after Damon refuted the necessity for diverse casting of participants but under Rae, it will pivot to spotlight the next generation of promising female filmmakers who will be given the chance to direct a feature film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29094,"featured_media":26444,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nIssa Rae Teams Up With Comedian Jaboukie Young-White For Her Latest Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the adaptation of 'The Gang\u2019s All Queer,' Issa Rae will executive produce alongside Jabouki Young-White for the HBO half-hour series.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/issa-rae-jaboukie-young-white\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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