The 10 Spiciest Exposed Thong Moments Of 2023

There’s a scene in Season 2 of Max’s Rap Sh!t in which Aida Osman’s character, the hotel front desk agent-turned-rapper Shawna, has a massive panic attack. It was the first time Osman had ever cried on command.

“Whether it was a bad stepfather, or a bad relationship with my mother, or my sibling who later passed away in 2017, or the friends I lost to drug overdoses during the pandemic, there was so much in my life that I could access,” says the actor, who’s also a writer for the show.

By the time director Amy Aniobi called cut after the first take, she was crying, too. Series creator Issa Rae and EP Syreeta Singleton approached Osman. “[They] were like, ‘That was amazing. I don’t know how you did that,’” she recalls. “I prioritize laughing, but it was really cool to know that I could invoke real emotions in people.”