Lena Waithe on how dope it is to be a Black woman in Hollywood right now

Yes, Girl!

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

When ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood 2018 honoree Lena Waithe (@lenawaithe) says come over when you get to L.A., you take the fastest Uber you can find and come on through. Waithe returns to the podcast to discuss her historic Emmy win, her hit drama "The Chi," and how special it is to be Black, creative and winning in Hollywood right now.

Yes, Girl! hosts: Cori Murray (@corimurray); Charli Penn( IG: @CharliPenn/ Twitter: @ManWifeDog); and Yolanda Sangweni (@yolizama)

Producer: Steven Psyllos @stevenpsyllos

Music: Gold Standard Creative @gscdotnyc

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0:00.0	It never rains in Southern California.
0:05.0	He never rains in Southern California.
0:09.0	Tell me ya, London,
0:11.0	you London.
0:12.0	Um, here and... I'm Yolanda. Here in Sunny, L.A.
0:15.0	Yes, we are. I'm Corey Murray.
0:17.0	I'm Charlie Bent.
0:18.0	I'm Melanda Sun Gweni.
0:20.0	And guess who's back?
0:22.0	Yes, girl.
0:23.2	In LA.
0:24.0	In LA.
0:24.6	The LA Edition.
0:26.4	Come on now.
0:27.2	And we have a special guest.
0:29.0	Return guest.
0:31.8	One of our great honorees for the 2018 Black Women in Hollywood Awards,
0:38.2	which is why we're here.
0:39.7	That is why we're here.
0:40.5	That's why we're here.
0:41.2	We post it up in here for a whole week see I'm
0:43.4	gotten real Callie I posted up you know we have a we hella fine we have a new and stuff
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