Celebrities are just like us, and just as you don’t enjoy wasting gas, neither do they. That’s what brought three of your favorites together this past weekend. Issa Rae of Insecure, Michaela Coel of the UK hit comedy Chewing Gum and Cynthia Erivo of the Broadway production of The Color Purple all hung out like old friends on Saturday.
They linked up to check out the Soulquarius festival on the Observatory grounds in Santa Ana, California. The event was pretty much a pure ’90s fest, with performances from the likes of Brandy, Monica, Mya, Erykah Badu and R. Kelly — to name just a few of the many acts.
They hit the road together, exuding all the Black Girl Magic you would expect while riding in the same truck, singing SWV and taking selfie videos together:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQsCxQ8D8SN/?taken-by=michaelacoel
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQrAobaAD3S/?taken-by=issarae
What made this brief girls’ trip so cool is the fact that Insecure and Chewing Gum are often talked about in the same vein. They are the two major series out there that tell a different story about Black women, flawed but fabulous, and in a hilarious way. So to see these two together, add in the fabulous Erivo, it’s just too much greatness at once!
While the Soulquarius event as a whole got mixed reviews due to a great deal of planning complaints (with people claiming they waited hours just to get in to see performances), we’re glad it brought our best friends (in our heads of course) together for one pretty epic day.
