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Franchesca Ramsey on 20 Years of Content Creation, Viral Fame, Bombing SNL Audition
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Franchesca Ramsey sits down with KevOnStage and That Chick Angel to break down her 20-year career as one of the original internet content creators. From making hair tutorials on YouTube in 2009 to going viral with "Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls" in 2012, winning YouTube's NextUp competition for $35,000, and making $45,000 in a single month off one video, Franchesca shares the unfiltered truth about what happens after virality hits. She opens up about bombing her ’SNL’ audition, landing her first TV writing gig on ‘The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,’ suffering from severe imposter syndrome in a writers' room alongside Cord Jefferson, and selling seven…