Aida Osman Instagram – “We’re all gonna be okay. Maybe it’s harder to get shows picked up, maybe it’s harder to break through in the ways that you want to, but you just gotta keep working, and loving the work. The industry is an afterthought. The work is the primary thought…The industry is not them, it’s us. They need us.”
Amidst the bites, cries, and charms of a, “young, silly little girl,” the incredibly kind, gifted, and hilarious writer-performer, Aida Osman (@shutupaida), was generous enough to speak with Lil’ Mama about, in the same breath, David Foster Wallace and motherhood (“Saheim, you’ve never had to talk to somebody about philosophers with a t*tty in somebody’s mouth”), how African people have always been connected to music, “Gen Alpha n*ggas” who wear Balenciaga boots but can’t hold a conversation, and, of course, more generally, Black culture and comedy.
Read the interview with Osman at the link in our bio, or just visit lilmamahumor.com – Written by Saheim Patrick (@saheimj). Illustration by Naliyah Salahuddin (@njsartts). | Posted on 03/Sep/2025 19:03:16
