Happy Birthday, br Issa Rae!.br Jo-Issa Rae Diop turns br 38 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.