Written by Hype Hair When Keke Palmer’s digital network, KeyTV, premiered the new series Southern Fried Rice, the trailer immediately sparked online conversations. The show follows KoKo Johnson (played by Page Yang), a Korean-American woman raised by Southern Black parents, as she begins her freshman year at Wright University, a fictional historically Black college (HBCU) in Atlanta. The series was created and written by Nakia Stephens, a graduate of Savannah State University, and directed by Shayla Racquel, an alumna of Florida A&M University. The cast includes Kordell Beckham, Love Island Season 6 Winner (in his scripted debut), Choyce Brown, Ashley India, Jada Lewis, and Shaun Rose. The project is streaming on Palmer’s KeyTV, which aims to elevate underrepresented voices and
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